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Healthcare and frontline workers are feeling stress about the future of their patients' benefits, as well as their own.

Ian Vacin is co-founder and chief partnerships officer at Karbon and is co-author of Scale with Purpose: The Service Entrepreneur's Guide to Intentional Growth. He has nearly three decades of leadership experience in technology and accounting with Karbon, Xero and Intuit, and is passionate about helping accounting professionals be as successful as possible so they can better serve the small businesses they support.

Matthew Owenby believes in providing personal and professional support that help future-proof his workforce and the business.

Max Gokhman is deputy CIO for Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions, responsible for leading global investment research, including quantitative, fundamental and manager research teams. Previously, he was president and CIO of the startup asset manager AlphaTrAI and before that, head of asset allocation at Pacific Life Fund Advisors. Prior to Pacific Life, he was a portfolio manager with Mellon Capital's multiasset group and a founding member of Coefficient Global, a quantitative macro hedge fund.

Advisers can help employers compete for C-suite talent amid major demographic shifts by highlighting nonqualified plans to supplement core benefits.

Dr. Janet Choi shares why mental health support should be part of menopause care.

As workforce expectations evolve and compliance demands grow more complex, managing various benefits in silos is proving inefficient and unsustainable.

Having a competitive benefits package can play a critical role in keeping employees motivated.

Unaddressed, poor dental health could lead to loss of productivity and rising absenteeism for organizations.

The VP of total rewards at Dawn Foods shares his approach to involving the whole family in benefits decisions, and how AI can play a role.

Health e-Commerce's monthly calendar with reminders and links, along with the learning centers and savings calculators, are valuable supplements for benefit communication.

Comprehensive mental health benefits, including financial, substance use and youth components, are necessary to cover the needs of a workforce.

The Social Security Administration announced its cost-of-living adjustment for beneficiaries — a figure advocates say fails to address the reality for most seniors.

Jeff Lipton is The Bond Buyer's Market Intelligence Analyst. He brings over 25 years of experience in municipal credit and market strategy, to the role, most recently as Managing Director and Head of Municipal Credit & Market Strategy at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. He previously held leadership roles at MetLife, Neuberger Berman, and Robeco, and is widely recognized in the financial press for his commentary and thought leadership across the municipal finance landscape.

Nick Cherry is COO of Phillips & Cohen Associates.

The federal government shutdown, the second longest in US history, is nearing the one-month.

The plan to eventually phase out rebates portends a seismic shift in the flow of billions of dollars among drugmakers, insurers and employers.