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Since only 37% of Americans feel confident that they would be able to retire, it's imperative to meet employees where they're at when confronting their retirement planning options, according to a new survey.

Over the past 3 years, FTC officials have signaled they would scrutinize private equity acquisitions in health care, like the recent FTC civil lawsuit accusing one of the nation's largest anesthesiology groups of monopolistic practices.

Is health coverage affordable? Depends on who you ask.

For benefits brokers, recognizing and accepting change will be half of the battle. But once they can do that, the road is open to playing a significant part in this transition.

More than one-third of companies are disclosing individual pay ranges to employees, and an even larger number (46%) are planning or considering doing so in the future.

Health plan price transparency offers the promise of empowering benefits advisors and health plan sponsors to design better health care benefits, especially for the 100 million Americans covered by a self-funded employer plan. 

Lastly, don't overlook the importance of finding high-quality service vendors. Their role may seem minor, but don't underestimate the impact they'll have on employee job satisfaction.

Over half of Medicare enrollees are now enrolled in Medicare Advantage, however, the plans have become dubious payers for many large and small hospitals, which report the insurers are often slow to pay or don't pay.