About three-quarters (74%) of those surveyed said they feel healthcare costs drive trade-offs for wage or salary increases, with 38% saying they "strongly agree" that this is the case.

A new report by Gusto suggests it's in the best interest of most small businesses to offer their employees' health insurance. The benefits of offering health insurance are profound, from lower turnover to higher productivity.

California’s mental health commission on Thursday announced its executive director would resign amid revelations that he traveled to the U.K. courtesy of a state vendor while he sought to prevent a budget cut that would have defunded the company’s contract. Toby Ewing, executive director of the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, will step down effective ...

More than half of insured Americans say they can’t predict how much their covered prescription drugs will cost, according to an annual survey by the pharmaceutical industry trade group PhRMA. Why it matters: The results, shared first with Axios, come as the drug industry is pressing for more transparency regulations on pharmacy benefit managers and insurers in the lame-duck ...

CMS payment model changes, rising costs and higher utilization. In addition to these Medicare Advantage (MA) stories, which have dominated 2024, the past few weeks have been a cornucopia of new headlines. Their alternate versions might read: When stock value trumps vision. The ouster of CEO Karen Lynch at CVS Health, the possible break-up of its business ...

Walmart plans to expand its home delivery of pharmacy items and offer them alongside the other merchandise in its online store, spreading to virtually all U.S. states in the next few months, the retailer announced. The new policy applies to same-day delivery of prescription medications and has already been rolled out to six states: Arkansas, ...