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Today is Super Tuesday. Here are the positions of the front-runners on health care reform.

How the IRS facilitates employer information filings required by the healthcare reform act.

Eyecare is the second most popular benefit this year, according to a just-released research report, and the type of lens material covered is a key consideration in workers’ selection.

Before making a recommendation, advisers should understand what’s involved in moving an employer to a benefits marketplace.

Excessive and expensive treatment is at the core of the healthcare cost crisis, says Brian Klepper.

The levy on high-cost plans is on the horizon and advisers need to prepare for it, says Davin Millholland.

Offering a plan that meets the minimum value standard and the federal poverty line safe harbor to everyone working 30 hours or more would eliminate the headaches associated with the employer mandate. So why aren’t more employers doing it?

Despite DOL guidance, advisers seek clarity about common-law employer status.

Since 401(k) plans were never designed to be the sole source of retirement income for workers, it may be time to upgrade them so they serve a more similar purpose to DB plans.

The private marketplace provides a group insurance alternative and promises benefit cost cutting.

Part of a global consolidation trend, these mergers are aimed at growing revenue and increasing customers.

How have employer-sponsored benefits changed since the last leap year? Long-term trends can give organizations a better understanding of whether they’re ahead (or behind) the benefits curve, says Compdata.

While just over half of companies with more than 1,000 employees offer at least one high deductible health plan, few have fully replaced traditional plans with the HDHP.

Firm’s founders Roger Lee and Paul Sawaya use technology to make it easier for small businesses to start and operate a 401(k) plan.

The company’s new platform is evidence that threats continue to emerge for brokers, but so do possibilities. Success depends on understanding the client’s needs.

The DOL reported that 67.2% of employee benefit plans investigated in 2015 resulted in financial penalties or other corrective actions. Are your clients ready?

Many businesses with heavy seasonality face unique challenges when it comes to benefits enrollment. So how can those companies ensure a successful enrollment period for their ever-changing workforce?

As part of a strategic refocus on small business clients, the HR tech firm is trimming its sales force.

Other countries and some innovative firms here consistently deliver equal or better quality care at dramatically lower cost, betraying the idea that conventional U.S. healthcare is superior or even appropriate.