Last year, GLP-1s dominated many employer conversations as demand surged and pressure mounted from employees clamoring for the wonder drugs. Today, the pressure on employers to cover them is intensifying, and I believe it will continue to as oral GLP-1 medications likely enter the market as early as next year.

Among the most notable provisions are making permanent the individual tax changes first put in place in 2017; additional tax cuts to individuals and businesses, including new deductions for tips and overtime pay; an expanded child tax credit and standard deduction; a permanent 100% bonus depreciation and domestic research and development expensing.

A concerning number of employees (38%) say they’d rather have an AI manager than a human boss.

The law could be applied to any fully insured group plan with at least one participant in California.