Voluntary Benefits

The "alternative funding program managers" assume patients get the drugs from charities or through other arrangements.

The UnitedHealth subsidiaries have told the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa that provisions in the law violate ERISA and the PBMs' freedom of speech.

Brian Blase, president of the Paragon Health Institute, talked about one possible subsidy shift proposal in a commentary he posted Thursday.

Seventy-three percent of employers say health care costs are one of the top issues faced by employees that their benefits seek to address.

The current U.S. provider network rules give managers of health plans without out-of-network benefits a financial incentive to create artificial provider shortages, by refusing to pay physicians enough to persuade physicians to join their networks, according to the resolution.

Total new annualized premium increased 16% year over year to $4.3 billion, and the number of policies sold rose 10%.