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Commentary: Three reasons Individual contracts are incompatible with ERISA plans and how to handle it, according to The Principal’s Aaron Friedman.

Commentary: While these FMLA changes don’t require any immediate action or changes to employers’ benefit plans, they could serve as a catalyst for federal officials and agencies to further extend their reach into benefits programs, says Sam Fleet.

Commentary: It depends, says Borislow Insurance’s Mark Gaunya, who points to the Massachusetts system. The national model must evolve first.

Commentary: Some of the nation’s most comprehensive health care cost transparency requirements going into effect in New York are setting a solid precedent for other states to follow, says FAIR Health’s Robin Gelburd.

Commentary: It’s important for employees to have someone to help support them during this time. Your clients are in the perfect position to offer that type of assistance.

Commentary: Leading-edge reporting platforms enable employers to participate more fully in improving the cost and quality of employee health.

Commentary: The instructions clarify a couple of key areas that will simplify how employers file under IRS 6055 and 6056.

Commentary: Rookie adviser Brian Murphy embraces “the complexity, the challenge and the intellectual stimulation” of onboarding a new client for the first time.

Commentary: Pharma will feel the pain of regulation sooner than they expected, adviser Craig Hasday predicts.

Commentary: Teetering on the edge of the looming retirement crisis in America, partisan politics are part of the reason we have failed to move up in the rankings, says retirement expert Chad Parks.