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With only six weeks left in the year, now’s generally the time when employees peek at their flexible spending account balances and think, “Uh oh. How do I spend this money so I don’t lose it?” The experts at Save Smart, Spend Healthy offer six tips for you pin up in employees’ cubicles to help them zero out their accounts before the year-end deadline.

American CEOs are getting an earful on whether to keep or drop health insurance because of the health law, but Chris McSwain, director of global benefits at Whirlpool, said a business case on health coverage should also occur on the employee-family member level.

National Business Coalition on Health issued yesterday its annual findings that evaluate the quality and efficiency of U.S. health plans.

You may have celebrated at the news that Mark Haub, a Kansas State University nutrition professor, had lost 27 pounds and lowered his cholesterol levels by eating a 10-week diet of mostly Twinkies and Doritos. But before you go on a Twinkie binge, health and wellness expert Ron Ringlein says to look at Haub’s diet a bit more closely.

The American Medical Association has adopted a new policy that gives guidance to physicians using social media.

Public comments forced regulators to amend the grandfathered-status rule under the health law, so employers with group health plans can switch to health insurers that provide similar coverage at a lower cost without losing their grandfathered status.

Sam Fleet, president of AmWINS Group Benefits, sees many opportunities to make up for the loss of commission revenue due to health care reform.

The growing number of limited medical plans that are receiving waivers from the Department of Health and Human Services for 2011 — a number that nearly quadrupled in the last couple of months, rising from 30 in September to 117 by Nov. 1 — now face some additional reporting requirements.

In a recent interview with The Atlantic, Andrew Webber, president and CEO of the National Business Coalition on Health, spoke up on your behalf about employer costs and concerns regarding health care reform.

AARP and the Consumer Reports Health publication have launched a Web site for consumers to compare price, effectiveness, safety and convenience of medications.