- IRS Endorses Automatic Enrollment Cafeteria Plans - BenefitsLink
Once enrolled, the employee's salary is reduced pre-tax to pay for part of the cost of coverage All employees are given a notice that explains the automatic enrollment process and their rights to opt out (i e , elect cash instead of the default group health benefit)
- 401 (k) Fees Are Unfair - benefitslink. com
Actively managed funds, in fact, incur almost no incremental administrative costs once a critical asset threshold of about $100 million is reached Yet many of them collect both sales and administration fees exceeding 2%
- BenefitsLink® Health Welfare Plans Newsletter for December 4, 2025
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- W hite Paper Generics – The New Push For Profi - BenefitsLink
In pricing retail pharmacy claims, PBMs use a “maximum allowable cost” (MAC) methodology MACs were created by the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) in the 1980s to smooth generic drug cost variations and give pharmacies an incentive to purchase lowest cost products Actual price variations among multiple generic drugs for the same original brand name drug (once off patent) can
- The Nuts and Bolts of ESOP Loans - BenefitsLink
A s a young boy on our family farm in rural Wisconsin, one of my tasks was to sort our nuts and bolts Besides the vast variety of sizes, I quickly learned the diferences between hex nuts, lock nuts, flange nuts and wing nuts Bolts came with diferent threads and purposes as well: carriage bolts, lag bolts, eye bolts and U-bolts
- BenefitsLink® Health Welfare Plans Newsletter for August 22, 2025
However, once the Fifth Circuit issues its ruling, the QPA calculation methodology could drastically change and the plans and issuers should be ready for that eventuality " MORE >>
- The Next Summit: Retirement Private Markets
Retirement plans are gaining access to private markets, creating a once-in-a-generation opportunity for asset managers to shape the future together Join us in conversation with industry leaders like Apollo, LeafHouse, and Creative Planning
- Stax. ai Deepens Partnership With Finch to Deliver Payroll-Connected . . .
Stax ai and Finch together eliminate census bottlenecks: plan sponsors can connect payroll once through the portal, then clean, standardized data flows automatically into Stax ai’s census and compliance engine— eliminating the need for back-and-forth, data reformatting, point solutions, and extra operational headcount
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