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January 7 2026

6 Reasons Employers Must Lead On Employee Wellbeing — Not Just Pay For Healthcare

Allwork.Space

Why personalized benefits, mental health investment, and smarter incentives deliver returns far beyond cost control.

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December 23 2025

2026 Outlook: The domino effect of Medicaid cuts and the hidden costs for healthcare

Fierce Healthcare

In July, the Trump administration passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, otherwise known as the budget reconciliation bill. The law, H.R. 1, has made waves for its historic nearly $1 trillion cut to federal Medicaid spending over 10 years.

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December 19 2025

Trump Strikes 9 New Pricing Agreements as Drugmakers Navigate Tariff, Regulatory Pressure

American Journal of Managed Care

Trump secures new pricing deals with 9 drugmakers, advancing his effort to align US drug costs with Europe and expand direct-to-consumer purchasing.

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December 19 2025

Will 2026 be the year of ICHRA?

Becker’s Payer Issues

Individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements are at an inflection point — payers are catching on, but not to the point of industry mass-adoption, and some employers still have their doubts.

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December 2 2025

Why Express Scripts, OptumRX are losing ground to upstart PBMs

Modern Healthcare

Small and mid-sized pharmacy benefit managers sense an opportunity to grow market share headed into the new year.

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November 26 2025

What lessons health plan leaders will bring into 2026

Becker's Payer Issues

In 2025, health plans put emerging tech to use, but also had to discover and utilize workarounds for government regulations from the current administration. For many payers, navigating the past year has helped them plan ahead for 2026.

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November 10 2025

Insurers, Employers Face Pressure to Match Trump Deals on Drugs

Bloomberg Law

The Trump administration’s deal to lower the cash price of blockbuster weight-loss drugs is heightening pressure on employers and insurers to negotiate better costs with the drugmakers, say lawyers, academics, and executives.

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November 7 2025

Want to Boost Your Bottom Line AND Help Your Employees? Transform Your Healthcare Plan

CEOWorld Magazine

In business, there are only so many levers you can pull to improve performance and influence culture. Remaking your healthcare plan does both.

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