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While few advisors counsel DC plans, they're making progress in converting enrollees into clients.

That company and four other big players overcame all of the negativity to generate about $180 billion in total revenue.

"If North Carolina is any guide, such regulation can be effective at leveling the playing field between the fully insured and self-funded markets," an analyst at Georgetown University's Center for Health Insurance Reforms said.

"As employees cling to their jobs for security, retention alone can give employers a false sense of stability, even as wellbeing, engagement and productivity quietly erode," said Todd Katz, head of U.S. Group Benefits at MetLife.

Earlier this month, following unfavorable court rulings, the agency halted a pilot program that would have changed the way in which rebates are applied.

Not all hospitals have fallen in line with the price transparency rules, and many were slow to do so.