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After a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision and an aggressively contentious national election, those hoping next year will be calmer could be out of luck. Financial experts weigh in on what changes executives and benefits professionals can expect for 2013. (Images: Thinkstock)

The number of pre-retirees who feel very prepared to exit the workforce is dropping, according to a new study, and those counting on working later may be in for the rude awakening of a lifetime.

“Investors are concerned about rising health care costs, and they should be,” says one expert with T. Rowe Price, noting that medical expenses topped a list of surveyed respondents’ recent concerns.

It’s likely no one pays more attention to retirement plan fees than the plan fiduciary, says The Principal Financial’s Aaron Friedman. After all it’s their job to work with the service provider and financial professional to make sure the fees paid by the plan are “reasonable.” But what exactly does “reasonable” mean and what does it have to with cars?

According to author Bob Nelson, Zappos offers new hires $3,000 to agree not to come back as a way to test employees' true desire for their jobs. Sound recruiting, or employment entrapment?

The Supreme Court decision on the health care reform law took center stage this year as the most significant case to affect benefit plan sponsors. And while it certainly was an important case, there were other legal decisions in 2012 that have considerable implications for plan sponsors. EBN asked four benefits lawyers — Dickinson Wright’s Cynthia Moore, Seyfarth Shaw’s Mark Casciari, McDermott Will & Emery’s Todd Solomon and Proskauer’s Howard Shapiro — for their views on some of the year’s most important cases. [Images: Thinkstock]

Dr. Barry Franklin, William Beaumont Hospital’s director of cardiac rehabilitation and exercise laboratories, sits down with EBN to discuss what offices can do to make workers’ rehab and return-to-work from heart attacks more effective and efficient.

Health care reform means that many patients can no longer be denied health insurance because of preexisting conditions. But there’s a big catch: Coverage for many Americans without insurance will come at a potentially unaffordable cost.

Executives are at risk, as the average long-term disability plan may not take care of them

How brokers can balance web tools and in-person meeting for better retirement education