Benefits professionals have put a colossal amount of effort into deciding which health care approaches will deliver the best value care.

Premiums went up an average of 32 percent for the cheapest silver-level plans available in each market. For gold-level plans, premiums rose an average of 19 percent.

In his short time on the job, Azar has embraced many of Obama's objectives around lowering costs and improving quality, but with a Trumpian impatience to upend the established order.

According to a recent study, more than half of HR workers have witnessed compliance activities by their colleagues that created unnecessary risk.