open enrollment

At many companies this is open-enrollment season -- your one chance a year to make changes to your health insurance. The easiest thing to do is just pick the same plan and coverage options you did last year. But often, that can be a big mistake.

Open enrollment season is upon us, when employees can chose again from among the smorgasbord of benefit options offered by their employers. To help you ensure you're getting the most bang for your health care buck -- and not paying more than you need to -- we went to the experts for advice.

Open enrollment season is here, and that means you likely have some serious choices to make about your benefits package on the job – especially your healthcare options. With employers increasingly shifting healthcare costs to workers, it's important to know all your alternatives before...

Sometimes it seems as if the raging debate about overhauling health-care insurance is filling all the airwaves. Easily lost in this din is that any reform wouldn't take affect until 2013, but Americans need to take steps today to ensure they're properly covered. For seniors enrolled in Medicare,...

Employees who have a choice in employer-sponsored health insurance embark on an annual ritual at this time of year -- weighing whether to stay with the same plan or move to another, perhaps less costly one. For many, however, the process, known as open enrollment, has turned into an effort in...