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."

"Employers need to design benefit strategies that are inclusive, supportive, and tailored to a person's health profile in order to be effective," says Kristin Hall, VP of Clinical Programs and Patient Experience at apree health.

With 3 out of 4 workers living paycheck to paycheck, 80% of them are likely to stay with their employer if they offered an emergency savings account, according to a new FinFit survey.