Benefits Think

Let the cookie crumble ... sort of. EBN contributor Phil Fragasso offers advice on moving beyond cookie cutter retirement messages and helping plan participants create an "individual pension plan."

You can beat a benefit that saves money and brings healthy bouncing babies into the world! Read more in the October EBN about how Nationwide Better Health´s maternity management program did both.

I am skeptical of Massachusetts' results as reported in this paper. Since initially signing up people for Commonwealth Care, there has been a steady trend of disenrolling people who are no longer eligible or who were not eligible in the first place. Also the state initially reported a 6% uninsured rate...

Did you miss today's Web Discussion on how to implement wellness programs? Never fear, we've got the transcript. Click here for full details.

Concerned about financial strains, employees want more information about how to handle their retirement plans and personal debts.

"I just saved a bunch of money on my company´s health expenditures by switching to a radiology benefit manager!" Okay, doesn´t roll off like "switching to Geico," but you may save significantly more. A current EBN report tells you how.

Here´s a downward spiral we can all agree we´d like to continue: Census data reveal that the number of uninsured individuals in the United States fell by 1.5 million between 2006 and 2007, driven by growth in Medicare, Medicaid, military programs and Massachusetts health care reform. This report from...

Like your mom always said, "If Jimmy jumped off a bridge, would you?" The lesson being, consider carefully whose lead you follow. Amid economic peril, that lesson is even more important regarding 401(k) advice. Forbes offers tips on separating the wheat from chaff on retirement advice.

New survey results from Sun Life Financial show that 46% of employees surveyed are "very confident" they will have enough money to take care of their basic living expenses at 67. however, a much smaller number (28%) are just as confident they´ll be able to handle health care expenses at that age....

Although much of the early response to the economic crisis -- EBN's included -- dealth with the blow to Americans' bank accounts and retirement assets, reports now are surfacing on how the financial slide has affected health care decisions for individuals and families.