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Employee benefits and financial professionals may need to make their New Year’s resolutions a bit early.

A 25-year-old New Yorker earning $25,000 a year will pay as little as $62 a month for health insurance next year, and a peer living in Vermont may pay nothing, according to a 17-state survey of premiums under the U.S. health care overhaul.

A recent delay on out-of-pocket spending could be complicated for those who think they have a single-vendor system, should their health care provider and pharmacy be considered separate internally.

Just 38% of parents said they’re extremely comfortable talking about insurance, while 55% are fine discussing the intoxicants, according to a survey released today by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

Concerns about finances, fears of unexpected death and more make this ethnic group a potential target for advisers.

Why it could affect their plan participants.

Definition of “reasonable” is a central focus of IRS audits.

Supporters of the U.S. health care overhaul are criticizing a House panel’s scrutiny of nonprofit groups set to help enroll people in new insurance plans, saying it’s part of a Republican effort to impede the law.

The U.S. Department of Labor has provided guidance on Family and Medical Leave Act protections for same-sex couples. The guidance follows the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, which fundamentally changed how the federal government treats same-sex marriages.

With 33 days and counting until online health insurance exchanges must open for business, states are racing to fine-tune computer systems, educate consumers and manage expectations.