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An increasing number of employers are offering their employees access to psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, as part of their mental health coverage to treat depression, anxiety and PTSD - and to lower costs.

Asset manager BlackRock has launched LifePath Paycheck, which gives employees access to guaranteed income through a target date fund, allowing DC plans to switch some of an enrollee's investments into an annuity at age 55.

As the DOJ conducts an antitrust investigation into UnitedHealth's Optum business unit, the health insurer has moved its chief legal officer into a new role overseeing governance, compliance and security.

With drug shortages at an all-time high, the Senate Finance Committee wants to create a new program to incentivize improved contracting and purchasing practices in the supply chain by offering bonuses to hospitals and providers.

With concerns that costs could reach more than $1 billion over the next 6 years, North Carolina opted to stop coverage for the pricey new GLP-1s, saying the contracts between the drugmakers and the PBMs "are all-or-nothing."

A private equity firm accused of trying to build a monopoly in radiology was dismissed as a defendant in an ongoing lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission against U.S. Anesthesia Partners in Texas.