The new president and Republican-controlled Congress likely will take significant actions affecting employer-sponsored healthcare. Employers should consider these actions when designing employee health strategy.
Paul Fronstin of the Employee Benefit Research Institute expects 2025 will bring continued challenges with rising healthcare and pharmacy costs, along with newer concerns with data integration and AI use.
Pharmacy closures reduce access to healthcare services and create a public healthcare concern for insured employees. Solutions like personalized medication management are imperative to help reduce this crisis.
The 'staggering' cost of pharmacy drugs is driving most of the increase, says Ellen Kelsay of the Business Group on Health, which released new data this week.
