Industry Updates
This broad category includes articles concerning health insurance costs, carrier and health plan news, changing benefits technology, and surveys by the Kaiser Family Foundation and others on employee benefits.
U.S. life insurance benefits sales might grow a little this year, or they might not. Analysts at LIMRA are predicting, cautiously, that total workplace life sales could increase 3% over the next 12 months, to about $4.5 billion, after rising 3.3% in 2024. The unemployment rate is still low. Typical employers still say they want to keep ...
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA, Financials) saw its stock decline on Friday following the announcement of a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit accusing the company of knowingly filling millions of unlawful prescriptions for controlled substances. Shares closed at $12.52, down 3.17%, and extended losses in after-hours trading, falling an additional 5.03% to $11.89. Alleging that Walgreens ...
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There have been many stories since the November 5 election about potential health care changes in 2025. People are asking, “What can we expect as far as Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes and continuation of ACA subsidies?” “Will Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) face continuing scrutiny?” “Could we see a future national abortion ban from the ...
Agency commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to publish the report, which makes similar allegations against the controversial drug middlemen as the agency’s first report released last summer.
One week before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Biden administration is finalizing a rule that sets new standards for the individual market under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). First proposed in October, the rule protects consumers from having their coverage swapped unwittingly. Brokers and agents that violate this policy, and pose other “unacceptable” risks, can ...
The Biden administration within days is expected to select the next batch of drugs that will be subject to Medicare price negotiations — a process that this time could include Novo Nordisk's blockbusters Ozempic and Wegovy.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that cuts to Social Security and Medicare won't be part of the legislative package being worked out to fund President-elect Donald Trump's agenda.
Congress will discuss the future of ACA Marketplace subsidies in the coming months, but 2025 subsidy eligibility guidelines are locked in, and there’s still time to select a Marketplace plan for 2025.
Six years after he entered office vowing to be California’s “health care governor,” Democrat Gavin Newsom has steered tens of billions in public funding to safety net services for the state’s neediest residents while engineering rules to make health care more accessible and affordable.