Health Care Reform

The companies' new partnership has the potential to be one of the most ambitious employer efforts to date to control health expenses.

President Donald Trumps head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention resigned amid a scandal surrounding investments she made in a tobacco company shortly after taking the helm of the agency.

Non-emergency medical transportation, or NEMT, provides transportation for people to and from such medical services as mental health counseling sessions, substance abuse treatment, dialysis and physical therapy.

According to the National Business Group on Health, just three percent of large self-insured employers contract directly with an accountable-care organization for health care, but those that do are reaping the benefits.

Idaho says it will allow insurers to ignore some ACA rules on plans not sold on the marketplace, aiming to make these state-based plans less costly.

Administration priorities will include fighting the opioid addiction crisis and getting control over prescription drug prices.