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The initial focus is on GLP-1 medications, a category that has seen significant demand but variable insurance coverage.

The plaintiffs say the HHS secretary's assurances that coverage will continue are "open to suspicion."

Access Health CT officials expect to offer the cash-for-coverage plans alongside traditional small-group plans.

The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Feb. 19 upheld a lower court's dismissal in 2025 of the class-action complaint filed in 2024, in which plaintiff Jamie Whittemore alleged that Cigna denied coverage of her doctor's prescription for Zepbound to treat obesity.

"You've got to think of your hospital as a startup and your first doctors as your first employees or your partners," Mark Cuban said during a recent interview on the Healthcare Bridge podcast.

The president proposed offering matching contributions to workers without employer plan access.