With health care costs projected to rise by 8% in 2025, employers must find innovative ways to manage weight loss programs and control spending.

CVS Health investors reacted to the announcement by pushing the price of that company's shares down to less than $75.83, from $77. 80, immediately after the news came out.

The Improving Access to Advance Care Planning Act proposes an important shift: treating advance care planning not as optional or incidental, but as a covered, accessible piece of person-centred care.

Only 42% of baby boomers and 35% of Gen Xers say they have planned financially for the possibility of long-term care.