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A group of 25 Senate Democrats, including Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, on Wednesday sent a letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. criticizing the Trump administration over rising health care costs.

Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.), Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), Don Bacon (R-Neb.), and Jeff Hurd (R-Colo.) are proposing a two-year extension of the enhanced enhanced premium tax credits, which are set to expire at the end of this year without congressional action.

The lawsuit, filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery, comes after an ongoing bidding war between the two pharmaceutical giants over Metsera.

The survey also noted that 34% of firms require lifestyle or clinical support programs in order for employees to receive GLP-1 agonists for weight loss.

If insurers started their own digital, "insurance-integrated" drug sales programs, that could lower what the patients pay out of pocket to use the programs and encourage more patients to try the programs, analysts say.

Although the ACA included some changes to employer-sponsored health insurance as well, particularly for plans sold to small companies, the changes were more minimal for larger employers, which generally already offered more comprehensive health insurance before the ACA.