Employee-Paid

The median cost of kidney dialysis for a privately insured Colorado patient who kept the private coverage in place while going through a full year of kidney dialysis was $111,374, according to data published by a team of researchers led by Virginia Wang of Duke University.

A lawyer for the employers predicts that discovery will show that collusion between drugmakers and PBMs had a significant impact on his clients' costs.

Sen. Ron Wyden accused Elon Musk of pushing the pharmacy benefit manager discount and reporting sections out.

New sales for hospital indemnity insurance were especially strong.

The ERISA Advisory Council wants the department to take a hard look at AI-based review systems.

For specialty drugs, the impact of new competitors on costs can be complicated.