Here are the top voluntary benefits trends that will continue to take hold in 2018.

Consolidation, the widespread adoption of voluntary benefits, new tools for transparency, and innovations like reference-based pricing are all part of a rapidly changing industry.

Public pension plans that are locally administered are catching up to state plans in funding levels, the Center for Retirement Research finds.

Employees' priorities and goals are different and ever-changing, and 401(k) plans are often not enough of an incentive for hiring. This is where financial wellness programs can help.

According to the Justice Department, Kmart offered discounted generic drug prices to cash-paying customers, but didnt disclose those cheaper prices when reporting the drugs usual and customary prices to Medicare.

A BCC Research report estimates market growth will hit $1.6 trillion in 2020, marking a compound annual growth rate of 8.6 percent for the period 20162020.

. In 2017, more than half of all insured American workers had health insurance with a deductible exceeding $1,000 thats almost twice as many as had such policies when Obamacare passed. But thats not all thats changed.

Employees need to understand how Medicare, HDHPs and HSAs interact in order to make informed health care decisions. Heres what you, your clients and their employees need to know