How leaders can prevent 2 of the worst open enrollment mistakes

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  • What’s at Stake: Rising employee dissatisfaction and misallocated spend could increase organizational healthcare costs.
  • Supporting Data: Employees spend 30–60 minutes choosing benefits; over half later regret choices.
  • Forward Look: Prepare for AI-enabled benefits navigation and proactive education to reduce enrollment errors.
  • Source: Bullets generated by AI with editorial review

The standard open enrollment period lasts three months on average, leaving lots of room for employees to make very big, very costly mistakes. 

Paola Peralta
Associate Editor

Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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