"[T]he Small Business Health Options Awareness Act of 2025 requires the Small Business Administration to provide more outreach and information about the availability of ICHRAs as a means for small businesses to deliver health care coverage for their employees."  MORE >>

"Widespread use of GLP-1 weight loss drugs to treat obesity could reduce cumulative all-cause mortality by up to 6.4% in the US and 5.1% in the UK general populations by 2045 ... GLP-1 drugs may reshape claims experience across mortality, longevity and medical insurance products.... In the US and UK general populations, [the] modelled baseline scenario projects 4% and 3.2% reductions in cumulative all-cause mortality respectively by 2045, based on GLP-1 drug use."  MORE >>

"Relying on the Supreme Court's Skrmetti decision, the court reasoned that the exclusion did not violate Title VII because the plan denied coverage of a 'sex change operation' for anyone, regardless of biological sex. Further, the court held that the exclusion did not discriminate on the basis of transgender status because, like the state law challenged in Skrmetti, it was a 'classification based on medical use.' " [Lange v. Houston County, Georgia, No. 22-13626 (11th Cir. Sep. 9, 2025)]  MORE >>

"In 2022, more than half of people ages 50 to 64 with employer-sponsored coverage, 16.4 million older workers, were enrolled in these plans.... Although older workers enrolled in HDHPs may have health savings accounts (HSAs), many do not, especially those with lower incomes."  MORE >>