Voluntary Benefits

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When it comes to benefits, employees want them now as opposed over the long term.

Just 56 percent of employees say they feel very confident they will make the right decisions during open enrollment, and a majority just keep making the same choices each year or fail to actively enroll, potentially leaving money on the table.

Age 65the minimum age most people sign up for Medicareis a watershed date in a persons life.

The acquisition of HealthSpring, another insurer, for $3.8 billion last year helped lift Cigna Corp.'s net income by 49 percent in the fourth quarter.

Walgreen Co. brought in more revenue from established stores than Wall Street expected last month, as the nation's largest drugstore chain saw an increase in business due to the flu and its repaired relationship with pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Holding Co.