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AI, Rx and rising costs: What we learned at HLTH this year

AI, Rx and rising costs: What we learned at HLTH this year

Update: 2025-11-05
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Host Emily Ferreira, from Mercer’s health & benefits research team, speaks with senior consultant Wendy Smith, who attended HLTH 2025. The conversation offers curated takeaways for employers from the health industry’s largest innovation conference, focused on AI, pharmacy benefits and rising healthcare costs.

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