In 2013, yet another financial challenge will befall the baby boomer generation as the $5 billion Early Retiree Reinsurance Program, funded under the Affordable Care Act, expires in 2013, to be followed by health insurance exchanges for individual coverage.

PPACA wins in court, target date funds miss target and the HR frenzy in Vegas

The Federation of American Hospitals cut its first-quarter spending on federal government lobbying 30 percent from the year-earlier quarter, when Congress debated and then passed the health care overhaul.

John Russo's chemical lab in North Kingstown has been growing in recent years, even despite a deflated economy, and he expects to add another 15 to 20 positions to his 49 employees over the next year.