Health Care Reform

The health benefits provider is evolving to Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth, which includes Express Scripts, will now operate as Evernorth Health Services.

"The decision will promote patients' access to quality care when they need it most," says Dr. Gary Ford, president of the Texas Medical Association.

Sylvester Schieber recently wrote "Healthcare USA: Exceptionalism Run Amok." He spoke with BenefitsPro about his thoughts on current health care trends, role of benefits advisors and employees, and what to expect next.

If half of adults get COVID boosters at the new, higher prices, insurers, employers, and other payors would shell out $12.4 billion to $14.8 billion a year, a recent KFF report estimated.

"Blindly agreeing to the status quo -- substandard benefits and increasing costs -- is handcuffing you from doing what's right by your employees and your bottom line," writes EmpiRx CEO Karthik Ganesh.

Four in 10 adults living in states with full abortion bans are aware that medication abortion is illegal in their state.