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Health care is eating Americans' paychecks

A line chart that tracks year-over-year quarterly changes in wage and salary costs and health insurance costs from Q1 2001 to Q3 2026. Health insurance ranges from 0.4% to 11.4%, peaking in Q2 2002. Wages range from 1.3% to 5.7%, peaking in Q2 2022, then easing to 3.1% by Q3 2026.

Employment Compensation Index

Data: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Chart: Neil Irwin/Axios

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New mandates force PBMs to disclose business dealings

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Where breast cancer death rates are highest in the U.S.

Female breast cancer death rates

Data: CDC; Note: Age-adjusted rates account for differences in population age. Map: Brad Jennings/Axios

Employers are looking for ways to soften health price shocks

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