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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.

Last year, the drug industry trade group sued the government, claiming the program violated the Constitution by giving too much power to federal regulators and imposing excessive fines on companies that refuse to negotiate.

Informing workers about retirement savings options and encouraging the use of retirement advisors can go a long way toward helping employees be in a better financial position for retirement, according to a new survey.

The 2018 rule sought to expand opportunities for smaller employers to join together to serve as the sponsor of a single, multiemployer health plan but was never implemented after a court ruling blocked it.