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That question was debated at a Senate Finance Committee, and there was a bipartisan consensus to make the drug dispensing process fairer so that people aren't "mugged at the pharmacy counter," as one Senator put it.

The National Federation of Small Business is urging Congress to expand access to HSAs and HRAs and expand tax credits to small businesses in order to level the playing field between large and small employers.

Most employers offer leave for birth of a child (94%), with slightly less doing so for adoption (88%) and foster care (72%).

Only 11% say their employers offered lifestyle benefits that could help them prepare for health care costs.

About 60% of the 173 million people enrolled in private health coverage used at least one of the Affordable Care Act's no-cost preventive services in 2018.

Qualified Small Employer Health Reimbursement Arrangements don't have expensive premiums, annual rate hikes, or restrictive participation requirements.

Major insurers are taking steps to eliminate, streamline and automate some of the paperwork required for patients to get many medical tests and procedures, before the proposed CMS rule is finalized.

The ruling, which applies nationwide and takes effect immediately, mandates that insurers and employers are not required to cover certain free preventive screenings for cancer, heart disease and other diseases under Obamacare.