Voluntary Benefits

The drug store chain could emerge with the strength to bargain harder with employer plans and their pharmacy benefit managers.

The offer may show employers how hard drug manufacturers will compete based on price, in at least some situations.

Requiring pharmacy benefit managers to pass through updates cut premium changes by an average of 52%.

More than 8 in 10 employers intend to offer employees and their dependents access to lower- or no-cost mental health support through their tele-mental health provider this year, the letter said.

Activity in a market like Pittsburgh might be 25 times stronger than in some other places, cash-for-coverage program insiders say.

The bipartisan effort would make pre-deductible coverage for insulin and statins federal law.