New West Health–Gallup data show fewer than half of Americans can consistently afford care and prescriptions, with widening disparities across income, age, and racial groups.

Too often, Ben Link says, the plan's actual value depends on what the PBM does to the parameters.

WTW is seeing at least temporary signs of employer GLP-1 coverage stability at a time when other benefits firms are reporting signs that the cost of covering the drugs for treatment of obesity may be unsustainable.

Among the districts surveyed, 81% reported health insurance premium increases of at least 10% over the past year, while 16% experienced increases exceeding 20%.