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Employer applications are now being accepted for the 2013 Financial Fitness Challenge, an engaging and effective online financial education program made available by Employee Benefit Adviser and /i>.

A panel Tuesday at the Workplace Benefits Renaissance conference in Atlantic City, N.J. offered brokers tips and insights from successful small business owners who care for their employees like family.

The Financial Fitness Challenge is an event-driven program that provides unbiased, online, interactive instruction in personal finance and investing fundamentals. It is designed for all employees, regardless of age, education or income.

A study last year had already indicated that patients were more likely to die in overcrowded emergency rooms, which could well become more commonplace as millions more get insured under PPACA.

Most (91%) are confident in their ability to manage their personal finances, according to a recent survey by Allstate, even as more than 40% are living paycheck-to-paycheck.

Organizations including Berkshire Hathaway, BP Capital and Viacom all have leaders near the age of the man who decided he’s aging too rapidly to lead the Catholic Church. “It’s probably a good idea to reassess one’s ability to be in positions of power at that time,” says one expert.

Speed, convenience and the growing doctor shortage have patients flocking to ultra-convenient clinics, but not those at the world’s largest retailer: critics say Wal-Mart clinics are poorly promoted and too slow with prescriptions.

More than eight in 10 married baby boomers (81.9%) report having retirement savings and 55.7% have gone through the process of calculating a retirement savings goal, compared with only 66.6% and 40.8%, respectively, for singles.

A new study indicates there could be treatment differences when a patient is seen in person versus an e-visit. While follow-up rates were comparable, physicians in e-visits did order different care.

In his annual State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Obama said that “already, the Affordable Care Act is helping to slow the growth of health care costs.” Is it? EBN asked one health care expert to help fact-check the claim.