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Where does the buck stop for employee benefits? Is it death? Not exactly.
In my previous role as an oncology nurse, death happened often. It was literally part of my daily rounds. When I transitioned to benefits consulting, I remember being hopeful about looking at death like most people do. Full of emotion, grief, denial, sadness, or sometimes relief.
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