Employer-Paid

Bonuses will be 42.3% above baseline levels, according to records reviewed by Bloomberg News — a sharp reversal from 2024, when payments were more than 60% below target.

The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Feb. 19 upheld a lower court's dismissal in 2025 of the class-action complaint filed in 2024, in which plaintiff Jamie Whittemore alleged that Cigna denied coverage of her doctor's prescription for Zepbound to treat obesity.

Although small businesses employ more than 40 million people in the United States, their workers historically have been far less likely than those at larger firms to have access to retirement plans.

"You've got to think of your hospital as a startup and your first doctors as your first employees or your partners," Mark Cuban said during a recent interview on the Healthcare Bridge podcast.

The president proposed offering matching contributions to workers without employer plan access.

The average determination took 91 days and cost $445, and providers won 80% of the time.