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Social Security savings of $1.6 billion among reductions projected for 2014 and beyond

Guest blogger Chris McSwain of Walmart writes that in the constantly evolving field of health and productivity, we are overwhelmed with new tools to judge the performance of our health-related programs. But sometimes the right tool is the one that's easier to use.

LIMRA research reveals that the majority of Generation X and Y consumers have little understanding of financial products and services and less than half make saving for retirement their top priority. Their situation improves, however, with the help of financial adivisers.

Non-qualified deferred compensations have been around even before the passage of ERISA in 1974.

“We were doing what was right for Yahoo! right now. It was wrongly perceived as an industry narrative,” Marissa Mayer said at the Great Place to Work conference in Los Angeles last week.

Patient safety at U.S. hospitals is hampered by inadequate teamwork and communication, as well as a negative culture, according to a study by insurer American International Group Inc.

Although it is highly unlikely that the Affordable Care Act will be overturned in the halls of Congress, that does not mean the fight is over, Bobby Bramlett, Big "I" chairman told a crowd of nearly 1,000 independent agents in Washington on Friday.

All consumer assistance programs need to “stop being enemies with each other,” National Association of Health Underwriters’ CEO Janet Trautwein insisted after a panel discussion at the Kaiser Family Foundation Thursday in Washington.

As most employers worry about whether to “pay or play” as of 2014 and whether or not certain employees will need to be counted as full-time for health care reform purposes, there is an elephant in the room: the approaching nondiscrimination rules that apply to all health plans that are not grandfathered.

Regulators should require financial advisers to give clients information to verify their credentials for advising senior citizens, the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said.