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Oct 1Health Care Costs Are Projected to Rise 9.5% in 2027: What It Means for Your Budget
Employer health care costs in the United States are projected to rise 9.5% in 2027, according to a new analysis from professional services firm Aon. That increase would push average costs past $19,000 ...
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Sep 26Decision Fatigue and Open Enrollment: Simplifying the Choice So Employees Engage
Open enrollment is approaching, and with it the annual ritual that frustrates employers and employees alike. Companies invest real effort in assembling benefit options and communicating them, and then watch ...
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Sep 21World Heart Day: Why Cardiovascular Prevention Belongs in Your Benefits Strategy
September 29 is World Heart Day, a global observance that rarely makes it onto an employer's calendar but probably should. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United ...
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Sep 16Pain Awareness Month: The Hidden Productivity Cost of Untreated Pain
September is Pain Awareness Month, and it surfaces a workplace health issue that is enormous in scale yet almost invisible in most benefits conversations: chronic pain. Tens of millions of ...
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Sep 11Healthy Aging Month: Supporting Older Workers as a Retention Strategy
September is Healthy Aging Month, and for employers it points to a trend that is reshaping the workforce: people are working longer, and the share of employees over 55 is the ...
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Sep 6Suicide Prevention Month: The Workplace Mental Health Conversation We Keep Avoiding
September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and it raises a subject most workplaces would rather not discuss. Suicide and the severe mental health crises that precede it feel too personal, ...
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Sep 1Labor Day 2026: What Employee Loyalty Really Costs, and What It Earns
Labor Day began as a celebration of the American worker, and more than a century later it still offers employers a useful annual prompt: a moment to think honestly about ...
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Aug 27Financial Stress and Health: The Hidden Link Draining Your Workforce
When employers think about employee health, they tend to picture physical and mental conditions: chronic disease, stress, burnout. Far less attention goes to a factor that sits underneath all of ...
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Aug 22The Multigenerational Workforce: Designing Benefits That Work for Every Age
For the first time in modern history, many workplaces span five generations, from employees still early in long careers to those working well past traditional retirement age. That range is ...
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Aug 17National Immunization Awareness Month: Build Your Workplace Flu Strategy Now
August is National Immunization Awareness Month, and for employers it lands at exactly the right time. Flu season is still a couple of months away, which makes late summer the ...
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Aug 12Back to Routine: Helping Your Team Reset as Summer Winds Down
Mid-August is the hinge of the year. The loose rhythm of summer is ending, families are shifting back into school schedules, and workplaces are quietly powering up for the busy ...
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Aug 7Why Preventive Care Stalls in Summer, and How Employers Can Keep It on Track
There is a seasonal rhythm to how employees use their health benefits, and summer is reliably the trough. Checkups get postponed, screenings get skipped, and routine follow-ups slide into the ...
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Pain Awareness Month: The Hidden Productivity Cost of Untreated Pain
September 16, 2026
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Healthy Aging Month: Supporting Older Workers as a Retention Strategy
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