Author: Scott Welch
When it comes to voluntary benefits, the question remains: Should the employer foot the bill?
The much-anticipated launch of Blue Shield of California’s drug benefit venture with Amazon Pharmacy and the pharmacy benefit manager Abarca will debut in January, executives involved say. When the venture was first announced in August of last year, it sent the stocks of the nation’s largest managers of pharmacy benefits plummeting when Blue Shield confirmed it ...
You’re attuned to the importance of hydration—go a few days without water, and you’ll perish. Up to 60% of you is water, a substance critical to countless bodily functions from oxygen delivery and cell reproduction, to joint lubrication and temperature regulation. But aside from merely keeping you alive, water can improve key aspects of your health, new ...
Medicare Advantage insurers thrived under the first Trump administration, and it’s expected to happen again now that Trump is returning to the White House and Republicans are taking control of Congress.
Prices for the first 10 drugs negotiated by Medicare fell from their initial net prices, but all drugs except one remained more expensive in the U.S. than in peer countries, researchers said.
Improving retirement security in America has been one of the things that has had wide bipartisan support recently, and now Republican control of the Presidency, House, and Senate could make passing retirement legislation easier, says retirement industry insider David Blanchett.
State lawmakers gaveled in a special session Monday focused on a proposed $25-million litigation fund to respond to President-elect Donald Trump’s anticipated attacks on California policies on civil rights, climate change and abortion access.
A group of legislators is calling on the Department of Justice to dig into whether pharmacy benefit managers played a role in the opioid epidemic. The letter (PDF) was sent to Attorney General Merrick Garland last week and was signed by Reps. Buddy Carter, R-Georgia; Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois; Deborah K. Ross, D-North Carolina; and Cliff Benz, R-Oregon. ...
As a new legislative session gets underway in Sacramento next week, officials are sending mixed signals about the state of the state budget and just how ambitious California can afford to be in the coming year. A mere week ago, the Legislature’s nonpartisan fiscal adviser released its annual outlook, projecting a small deficit that could soon ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is attempting to cover anti-obesity medications under Medicare Part D and Medicaid, the agency announced Nov. 26. Under the Contract Year 2026 MA and Part D proposed rule (PDF), CMS is choosing to follow conventional medical thinking that obesity is a disease. As such, the agency is then able to ...