Only 10% of respondents believe their employer allots more than $2,000 annually to lifestyle benefits.

Benefits brokers and consultants offer critical expertise that helps employers navigate the complexities of choosing the best health plans to offer employees, and providing physician ratings data to supplement the choices employees make can be a powerful weapon against waste, inappropriate care and unnecessary suffering

Los Angeles County was allocated $6.3 million from Janssen, the pharmaceutical subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, while Knox County, a rural Kentucky county in Appalachia — considered ground zero of the crisis — received $45,395.

Only 41% of small business owners (and 69% of mid-size owners) are aware of emergency savings opportunities for employees provided by SECURE 2.0, while even fewer know about student loan matching options.