Recent FTC orders require Caremark Rx and Express Scripts to stop favoring high-list-price versions of drugs over their standard formularies; today’s blog looks at the settlement terms most relevant to plan sponsors and members.
Today’s blog addresses the question: Could medical marijuana and psychedelics soon be covered under employee benefit plans? Recent executive orders could impact health plan strategy and design.
Learn how TrumpIRA.gov and the Saver’s Match could expand retirement savings access, which workers and account types may be affected, and what plan sponsors should consider in today’s blog.
Learn about the newly proposed requirements for excepted fertility benefits, the design and cost flexibilities available to employers, and the key uncertainties to be resolved in today’s blog.
In a unanimous ruling on May 21, the Supreme Court affirmed a circuit court decision and held that pension plans have the flexibility to update actuarial assumptions after year-end when calculating withdrawal liability rather than fixing those assumptions at the close of the prior year.
Today’s blog reviews recent guidance on ERISA enforcement priorities, including the fiduciary duty of loyalty and proxy advisor actions that qualify as investment advice under ERISA’s five-part test.