Down To The Wire: 2024 Elections Impacting Health Care And Employee Benefits

The upcoming election results will have a significant impact on health care and employee benefit policies for at least the next four years.

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Medicare Drug Plans Are Getting Better Next Year. Some Will Also Cost More.

When Pam McClure learned she’d save nearly $4,000 on her prescription drugs next year, she said, “it sounded too good to be true.” She and her husband are both retired and live on a “very strict” budget in central North Dakota. By the end of this year, she will have spent almost $6,000 for her ...

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Cigna And Humana Re-Engage In Merger Talks

Cigna Group has reinitiated discussions with Humana regarding a potential merger, following the collapse of their discussions last year. According to a Bloomberg News report, which cited sources privy to the development, the talks are in the preliminary stages and no decisions have been made. In December last year, Cigna abandoned its plans to merge with Humana ...

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Blue Shield Of California, Salesforce Join Forces To Streamline Prior Authorization

Blue Shield of California and Salesforce are teaming up to simplify and streamline the prior authorization experience. The partners announced at HLTH on Monday that they would leverage Salesforce’s Health Cloud to make the process feel as simple as paying with a credit card. When a clinician needs to submit a prior auth request, the ...

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Almost 75% Of ACA Buyers Will Not Compare Plans For 2025

Nearly 75% of workers surveyed do not believe they have enough information to make a confident decision in open enrollment.

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Can The New CVS CEO Handle The Aetna Challenge?

As CVS Health’s (CVS.N), opens new tab new CEO David Joyner steps into the top job after Karen Lynch’s quick departure on Friday, Wall Street analysts and some investors are questioning whether he has the right experience to turn around the Aetna health insurance business as it struggles with high medical costs. Joyner, who headed the company’s ...

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