Employee-Paid

If employers opt to make private investments part of their Empower 401(k) plan, participants will be able to access investments from Goldman Sachs and other asset managers through managed accounts.

Maybe the technology can help patients figure out where to get a MRI and how much it will really cost.

Federal agencies are also asking for ideas about health care IT and increasing health care sector competition.

A PBM group representative said employer strategies are already changing how the market works.

But administration officials indicated that they might try to change the non-quantitative treatment limitations requirements to be more clear and more flexible rather than rescind them.

Committee members could vote on the package — which would let employers use a tax credit to pay for paid leave insurance — today.