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In 2023, U.S. health expenditures surged by 7.5%, reaching $4.9 trillion, or an average of $14,570 per person, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 

Employers and benefits advisors could use a new database to find places where kidney care or diabetes care costs a lot more than it should.

SSA’s acting commissioner resigned over refusal to allow access to sensitive government records, however, she was quickly replaced by the manager in charge of SSA’s anti-fraud office, until Trump’s appointee to lead the agency, Frank Bisignano, is confirmed by the Senate.

The DOL’s ESG rule has been challenged since it took effect in 2023, but now a Texas judge has ruled that retirement fund managers may consider environmental, social and governance factors when choosing investment funds.

For obese workers, even the prevalence rates for multiple sclerosis and lupus are higher.

The involvement of direct primary care and advanced primary care programs in state employee and union plans may help them in Washington this year, because health policy specialists at some of the organizations that typically side with Democrats on health policy issues may have access to direct or advanced primary care programs through their own benefit plans.