"Top employer health benefit priorities for 2024 are a focus on engagement in programs and use of benefits, chronic condition management, high-cost medical claims, and wellbeing/building a culture of health. Greatest threats to affordability of employer provided coverage are high-cost pharmacy claims, specialty drug costs, high-cost medical claims, and medical inflation.... Strategies for covering GLP-1 anti-obesity medications are covered with prior authorization (49% currently do so and 25% are considering), covering with risk stratification such as BMI and comorbidities, and not covering due to lack of evidence."  MORE >>