What began last month with approximately 31,000 registered nurses and other health care professionals striking at more than two dozen Kaiser Permanente hospitals and clinics in California and Hawaii has expanded to include an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 pharmacy employees and lab technicians.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., are launching the fight in a world where federal PBM transparency mandates are now law.

For retirement investors, the quiet start to 2026 suggests a mature, strategic approach to building their nest eggs.

Throughout the United States, about 67% of the civilians living outside institutions had private health coverage.