Compliance | March 8th, 2024 Biden Opposes Social Security Cuts, Highlights Junk-Fee Rules in State of the Union The president focused his remarks on issues that stress Americans’ finances and vowed to protect Medicare and expand drug price...
Data and Research | January 29th, 2024 With Fewer Investable Assets, Minorities Fall Behind in Retirement Savings Many Black, Hispanic and Native Americans tend to fall behind due to a lack of financial literacy, mounting debt and...
Benefits | January 18th, 2024 Projected Health Care Costs for Medicare Beneficiaries Rose Again in 2023 Some couples may need to have as much as $413,000 saved to afford premiums, deductibles and out-of-pocket drug costs in...
Administration | December 1st, 2023 DOL Reminds Plan Sponsors, Participants to Search for Missed Retirement Assets The Employee Benefits Security Administration released a video to remind plan sponsors about the importance of participants completing the Social...
Benefits | September 1st, 2023 Plan Sponsors Increasingly Add Focus on Post-Retirement Strategy Modern support for participants should be ‘about much more than just managing the investment portfolio.’
Data and Research | August 23rd, 2023 Lines Between Work and Retirement Are Blurring, Research Finds A new paper from Transamerica and MIT AgeLab shows how planning for retirement is linked to overall well-being.
Compliance | July 26th, 2023 Upcoming EBSA Webcast Will Focus on Helping Women Save for Retirement The August 16 webinar will focus on challenges and circumstances women face when preparing for retirement, as well as how...
Benefits | June 22nd, 2023 Retiree Health Care Costs Flattened Last Year, Fidelity Finds Plan sponsors with anxiety about the rising costs of retiree health care can find slight relief that estimated expenses stabilized,...
Compliance | March 10th, 2023 DOL Urged to Pursue Equal Opportunity Cases in Biden Budget Proposal The White House’s proposed fiscal 2024 budget would also increase budgets for the Social Security Administration and the IRS.
Participants | February 8th, 2023 Biden Uses Address to Pledge Support for Social Security, Medicare The president acknowledged pocketbook issues causing Americans financial stress and proposed legislation to address several in wide-ranging speech.
Benefits | October 17th, 2022 PLANSPONSOR Webinar: Your HSA Questions Answered Experts caution that when plan sponsors consider adding health savings accounts, the employers must contemplate complex questions and examine the...
Data and Research | October 11th, 2022 Rising Employer Health Care Costs May Boost Self-Insured Plans A new WTW survey shows that half of employers are concerned about the increasing costs of providing group health plan...
Compliance | August 15th, 2022 Inflation Reduction Act Prescribes Fragmented Drug Pricing Reforms An employer trade association criticizes the bill for excluding the commercial market from prescription drug reforms.
Data and Research | August 8th, 2022 Workers Worry About Retirement Income as Prices Spike Millennials lead Generation X and Baby Boomers in believing that they won’t receive any benefits from Social Security upon retirement.
Benefits | July 19th, 2022 Helping Employees Prepare for Current and Future Health Care Costs Similar to the shift from defined benefit to defined contribution retirement plans, employees and retirees now need a plan for...
Data and Research | May 16th, 2022 Health Care in Retirement Will Cost an Average of $315,000 Fidelity champions health savings accounts paired with a high-deductible health plan as a means of meeting workers’ rising health care...
Data and Research | April 22nd, 2021 Americans Remain Confident About Retirement, Even in the Face of the Pandemic Plus, their confidence in Medicare and Social Security benefits is at an all-time high.
Benefits | March 26th, 2021 Employers and Employees Can Benefit From Understanding Medicare Medicare only covers several types of medical costs for retirees, not including premiums and deductibles. Experts say it’s time for...
Benefits | September 28th, 2020 PSNC 2020: Considering Health Expenses in Retirement Planning Experts address health care in retirement and how health savings accounts (HSAs) play a role in retirement planning.
Opinions | September 24th, 2019 One Way to Support Older Workers Who Aren’t Ready to Retire Tricia Blazier, with Allsup, discusses a way for employers to address older workers’ health benefits concerns.