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Thirty-three percent of baby boomers are worried they won’t have enough money saved for retirement, 34% do not know the age at which they will retire, and 57% plan to continue working, according to a recent survey by the Insured Retirement Institute.

Generations X and Y are warming up to investing more than any other age group, according to a survey by MFS Investments. But they remain largely reticent investors.

The clinical evidence is clear: While medical imaging can be an effective diagnostic tool, millions of Americans annually receive X-rays that are not medically necessary and can potentially harm their health.

It’s no surprise that unhealthy employees cost employers big bucks. But a new workforce wellness index shows that the unhealthy behaviors of the U.S. workforce cost employers an average of $670 per employee annually.

Cue the hallelujah chorus: The Associated Press reports that numbers released today from the Department of Labor show that employers posted 3.1 million open jobs in February, the most since the height of the financial crisis in September 2008.

Sixty-five percent of Americans do not know what a hedge fund is, according to a recent survey by Thesis Fund Management.

Even though 68% of workers are saving for retirement, nearly half (46%) have less than $10,000 saved for retirement, and 50% are not confident they will have enough money to live comfortably in retirement, a survey by the Employee Benefits Research Institute found.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will pump up to $1 billion, funded under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, into a new program to dramatically increase patient safety within two years.

The funded status of the nation’s largest defined benefit pension plans improved by $16 billion in March, according to a new analysis by Milliman. This increase is primarily due to a rise in corporate bond interest rates that are used to value pension liabilities.

The American Academy of Actuaries has recommended a number of policy options to strengthen and improve the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate clause, regardless of whether the landmark law’s controversial centerpiece is legally removed over time.