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Employers moved to self-funded models, brokers embraced performance-based compensation and care delivery was increasingly tied to referenced-based pricing.

The proposed acquisition is more about vertical integration and combining data streams, including employee benefit plan information.

The coverage can be a top-of-mind benefit year-round, decreasing stress levels and saving time.

Retired workers should claim their retirement benefits only when other taxable income sources are used up, as their benefits could be taxed if their taxable earnings reach a certain threshold.

Ben Eubanks, principal analyst at human resource research and consulting company Lighthouse Research & Advisory, offers advice on avoiding purchasing pitfalls.

Advisers should help clients ensure that separation benefits are fair, timely and backed by company support.

The U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped a clash over Houston’s practice of providing benefits to the same-sex spouses of city employees, leaving intact a Texas Supreme Court decision that calls the city’s policy into question.

Most plans are safe for now under both pieces of legislation, but employers worry conversations about pre-tax contribution limits and possible Rothification could resurface in coming weeks.

There are several provisions in the upper chamber’s text that alter existing tax treatment, and experts predict those elements will win out in final law.

Most plans are safe for now under both pieces of legislation, but employers worry conversations about pre-tax contribution limits and possible Rothification could resurface in coming weeks.