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Executives are also talking about what uncertainty is doing to large employers' benefits purchasing behavior.

The projected cost of health-related expenses during retirement has more than doubled since 2002.

"Hospitals miss opportunities to learn from and reduce harm when their incident reporting or other systems fail to capture harm events," the report from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General (OIG) said.

Providing financial education specific to the employer retirement plan – or even linking employees to online retirement needs calculators – can help employees better prepare for retirement, according to MissionSquare.

While employers frequently believe vesting schedules support worker retention, "data does not support that," according to a Penn State law professor, who is requesting that the IRS prioritize recommending to Congress that it eliminates vesting schedules, in its 2025-2026 Priority Guidance Plan.

A Principal executive maintains that some rivals are offering first-year prices that appear to be unsustainable.