Another ordinary enrollment season, it is not.

With a number of changes to health benefits driven by rising health costs and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, employees need to pay extra attention when choosing their health benefits during enrollment this year, consulting firm Aon Hewitt warns.

As employees "typically spend very little time" choosing health benefits each year, Craig Rosenberg, Aon Hewitt's health and welfare benefits administration practice leader, said that same-old strategy this year can be a risky — and potentially costly — one.

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