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"Across services, drugs and inputs, the United States consistently pays substantially higher prices than its peers for comparable services, drug and inputs," according to a new report in Health Affairs.

The action is part of President Donald Trump's Great American Recovery Initiative, established by executive order on Jan. 15, a federal effort aimed at expanding treatment access and ensuring patients can seek help without fear of discrimination.

The Wall Street Journal reported that UnitedHealth shareholders were not told about these investments, which totaled tens of millions of dollars.

DOL officials wanted PBMs to share the costs, but the new transparency mandate law prohibits PBMs from paying the auditors.

EmblemHealth is also supposed to pay restitution to enrollees who paid for out-of-network behavioral health care and improve enrollees' access to behavioral health care providers.

Baby boomers are retiring at roughly 10,000 per day, and their $30 trillion in retirement assets could be part of an $84 trillion intergenerational wealth transfer over the next two decades.