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Diabetes Prevention, Transparency in Rx & Health Care Decision-making

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On this week's program, the hosts talk with special guests from Weight Watchers, Magellan Rx and Alegeus on everything from the staggering growth of prediabetes to optimizing consumers' health care decision-making.

The first guest is Dr. Gary Foster, chief scientific officer at Weight Watchers. In this interview, Dr. Foster and the hosts will discuss the growing problem of prediabetes in the U.S. and how to prevent prediabetes from becoming type 2 diabetes through diabetes prevention programs.

For the second segment on today's show, the hosts talk with Jeff Polter, senior vice president, Magellan Rx Management. In this segment, Jeff and the hosts discuss how transparent pricing at the member level yields plan savings in pharmacy benefits.

The final guest is John Park, chief strategy officer at Alegeus, the market leader in consumer-directed health care solutions. Throughout his career, John has been at the forefront of the health care consumerism movement. In today's interview, John and the hosts will discuss the choices that consumers have to make in today's health care landscape and the available tools that help with these decisions.

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