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A letter signed by 11 individuals affiliated with influential conservative groups urges President Trump and GOP leaders in Congress to stay true to one of the Republican Partys central campaign promises in the new year by scrapping Obamacare.

The Employee Benefits Security Administration agreed in November to push the effective date back to April 1, from Jan. 1, to give disability insurers, employers, and benefit plan administrators and trade groups more time to prove that the new regulations would hurt the group disability market.

Getting more low-cost medicines to pharmacy shelves could strain a global supply chain already confronting questions bout quality and safety.

A survey of more than 2,200 CFOs in 20 U.S. metropolitan areas found that a majority are having a tough time filling vacancies, exacerbated by the fact that the unemployment rate for college-educated workers is roughly 2 percent.

It may not feel that way to patients, but the meteoric rise in prices for drugs has slowed, affecting pharmacy revenues for both CVS and Walgreens.

The New Year is always associated with opportunities to reclaim control whether thats control over our time, our health or our finances.