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The explosion of interest has spawned a glut of startups pitching redundant or overpriced services, benefits execs say.

West Virginia plaintiffs want distributors to pay $2.6B to beef up treatment and policing budgets strained by years of opioid overdoses.

Benefits advisors can help employers offer great, and even improved, health plan benefits to their employees, often at reduced costs, by breaking out of the box defined by traditional health plans. The trick is finding solutions that provide flexibility.

A few years ago, L&F Distributors, a McAllen, Texas-based beer wholesaler owned by Joe LaMantia and his family, decided to do something for its employees and their dependents about perpetually rising health costs.

Coming soon to a CVS near you: mental health counseling.

Areas such as mental health and taking time off from work are still sticking points for many employees.