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Health care affordability is placing an escalating strain on employees and dwindling satisfaction with their health plans, especially as costs are growing faster than inflation and income increases, finds a Towers Watson survey.

seven in 10 plan sponsors say controlling health care costs is "highly important" to them.

Small victories, especially when they're all you've got, have to be savored. You've got to get a few first downs before you make it to the goal line. And though it might take a little longer, a few back-to-back singles are just as good as a home run.

Grassroots advocacy organization Save Flexible Spending Plans is making a last-ditch effort to get new Congressional leaders to repeal a provision of health reform before the Jan. 1 effective date.

As the year winds down, consumers with health care flexible spending accounts (FSAs) should check their account balances and make plans to spend any remaining funds by the end of the year so that those funds are not forfeited.

Don't expect much in the way of change. At least not yet.

Employers are discovering how a wellness initiative is launched and supported over time is equally important as the available programs.

Employee Benefit Research Institute estimates of the Current Population Survey, March 2009-2010 Supplements.