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Pharmacy Cost Trends
Prescription drug spending trends, specialty pharmacy costs, and their impact on health insurance pricing.
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Health InsuranceSeptember 8, 2026
Are HRAs about to cut brokers out of the GLP-1 equation?
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Health InsuranceSeptember 8, 2026
Quel Health launches telehealth platform for addiction treatment using GLP-1s
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Health InsuranceSeptember 4, 2026
More employers are dropping GLP-1 weight loss coverage before open enrollment
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Health InsuranceSeptember 3, 2026
GoodRx expands subscription offerings with family plan for prescription meds and healthcare services
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Health InsuranceSeptember 2, 2026
Leading medical groups release flu, COVID vaccine recommendations as CDC guidance lags
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Health InsuranceSeptember 2, 2026
UnitedHealthcare cuts prior authorization from 1,700 codes
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Health InsuranceSeptember 1, 2026
Hospital groups rail against CMS' proposed 340B changes, site-neutral payments
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Health InsuranceSeptember 1, 2026
Mid-cap biotechs join Trump’s latest round of drug pricing deals
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Health InsuranceSeptember 1, 2026
White House unveils next round of MFN pricing deals with 9 midsized drugmakers
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Health InsuranceAugust 31, 2026
Florida attorney general sues PBMs Express Scripts, Prime over alleged price fixing
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Health InsuranceAugust 31, 2026
Medicare's GLP-1 discount excludes its sickest patients - a lesson for group plans
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Health InsuranceAugust 31, 2026
The first 14 days: How specialty programs set patients up for success
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Health InsuranceAugust 28, 2026
Florida AG sues Prime Therapeutics, Express Scripts for alleged price-fixing
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Health InsuranceAugust 28, 2026
PBM transparency data is coming, but does anyone read it?
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Health InsuranceAugust 28, 2026
Trump and Kennedy’s Health Industry Deals Haven’t Been Enforced and Are at Risk of Vanishing
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Health InsuranceAugust 27, 2026
PhRMA's Medicare price negotiation suit rebuffed in latest blow to industry IRA challenge
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Health InsuranceAugust 27, 2026
Eli Lilly study aims to bolster case for long-term Zepbound benefits
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Health InsuranceAugust 27, 2026
Employers cut GLP-1 coverage as pharmacy costs soar
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Health InsuranceAugust 26, 2026
PepsiCo Scraps Coverage of Weight-Loss Drugs for Employees
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Health InsuranceAugust 25, 2026
The Medicare GLP-1 Discount Has One Big Catch: Some Sick Patients Don’t Qualify
KFF Health News
Health InsuranceAugust 25, 2026
Human services insurance market faces “toughest conditions in decades”
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Health InsuranceAugust 24, 2026
Health systems warn patients of MyChart phishing scam
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AI & TechnologyAugust 24, 2026
More tidbits from Epic UGM: Anthropic's Project Glasswing and a deeper partnership with UpToDate
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Health InsuranceAugust 20, 2026
GLP-1s are forcing a strategic reset across healthcare: Wells Fargo report
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Health InsuranceAugust 20, 2026
How Much of a Cancer Drug Is Too Much? Patients, Researchers Challenge FDA-Approved Dosages
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Health InsuranceAugust 17, 2026
Newsom Promotes Affordable Insulin, but California’s Generic Label Off to a Slow Start
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Health InsuranceAugust 14, 2026
Analysis: At Least 37 States Have Medicaid State Directed Payments for Hospital Services That Could Be Reduced by the 2025 Reconciliation Law Limits
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Health InsuranceAugust 13, 2026
Common Health Coalition secures $100M from OpenAI Foundation to boost hepatitis C cure rates
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Healthcare Cost Trends 2026: What Actuaries Need to Know About the Forces Reshaping Medical Spending
February 21, 2026Medical cost trends at 8.5–9.5%, GLP-1 drug costs reshaping pharmacy spend, behavioral health surges, oncology spending acceleration, and actuarial implications for pricing, reserving, and employer plan design.
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