Employee-Paid

With this new approach, employers pay a flat monthly rate per employee that is directly paid to a primary care provider who is part of a core team of doctors, advanced care practitioners, care advocates and wellness coaches.

The health care industry has experienced significant consolidation in recent years, which has sparked concerns from the agencies that the consolidation has resulted in diminished choice, lower quality and increased health care costs.

More than 21 million enrolled in Obamacare plans this year, however, federal regulators are contending with rogue brokers who have signed people up for ACA plans, or switched them into new ones, without their permission.

Employees are much more interested in discussing mental health and finding help with their issues, which is why the No. #1 mental health benefit strategy of employers is manager training, says the Midwest Business Group on Health.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, has demanded to know why Americans pay "$1,349 a month for [weight loss] prescription drugs that cost less than $5 to manufacture."

The insurer meticulously tracked the output of its medical directors – and sent a message loud and clear: Cigna valued speed, says a former medical director who reviewed cases nurses flagged for denial or were unsure about.