Health Care Reform

Some health plan administrators dream of copying the federal government and minimizing use of paper checks, but first they may have to give up their current strategy for moving away from checks.

The rule exceeds the authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and violates the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Judge Sean Jordan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas ruled.

Josh Schultz, a man who keeps the health insurance "marketplaces" running, predicts policy shifts will cause more concerns than infrastructure needs.

Affiliates of UnitedHealth and other large insurers employed about 6.8% of the physicians who billed Medicare.

U.S. prescription drug spending is projected to nearly double, reaching more than $1 trillion by 2030. In response, many employers are turning to independent, next-generation PBMs.

One section could put HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in charge of making sure PBMs send employer plan sponsors detailed reports.