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Enjoy our resource library full of news, publications, FAQs, videos and guides.</description><link>https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Admin)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>100</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571121232888966911.post-6211461973527356700</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-12-18T13:53:42.503-05:00</atom:updated><title>New Roth catch-up rule: Why you may need to rethink separate elections for 401(k) contributions</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLVJZY3Z-s0Wg6o2kwz1g9kKN1QTNaVVnu4pPjYpKpBmltb_PNWbkYvqOYMky6SatrEWhY2y0BCSJ3rTXEeQ1Y9F6amM4odGMw0Oi3HhSS9vtWaIp0BlPBTIT-_20cu7G925qzPuzVDYlrDjXITBJqm81zWU6ki7PEvkAfJY7Eu8oJFDpSLXJKffb7uKhO/s1200/Untitled%20(7).jpeg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;New roth catch-up rule&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;628&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;334&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLVJZY3Z-s0Wg6o2kwz1g9kKN1QTNaVVnu4pPjYpKpBmltb_PNWbkYvqOYMky6SatrEWhY2y0BCSJ3rTXEeQ1Y9F6amM4odGMw0Oi3HhSS9vtWaIp0BlPBTIT-_20cu7G925qzPuzVDYlrDjXITBJqm81zWU6ki7PEvkAfJY7Eu8oJFDpSLXJKffb7uKhO/w640-h334/Untitled%20(7).jpeg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The industry&amp;nbsp;has been&amp;nbsp;abuzz with the new Roth catch-up rule, which takes&amp;nbsp;effect&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;2026.&amp;nbsp;The main theme&amp;nbsp;is that catch-up contributions for highly&amp;nbsp;paid individuals (specifically, those with&amp;nbsp;prior-year&amp;nbsp;FICA wages north of $150,000)&amp;nbsp;must&amp;nbsp;be made with Roth dollars&amp;nbsp;—&amp;nbsp;not pre-tax dollars.&amp;nbsp;An important, but lesser&amp;nbsp;discussed&amp;nbsp;topic is&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;an organization’s method for administering catch-up contributions&amp;nbsp;can be consequential to&amp;nbsp;following the rule.&amp;nbsp;Let’s&amp;nbsp;dive in…&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Background&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;As a reminder, catch-up contributions in a 401(k) plan are employee deferrals&amp;nbsp;above and beyond&amp;nbsp;the standard limit specified in Internal&amp;nbsp;Revenue&amp;nbsp;Code,&amp;nbsp;Section&amp;nbsp;402(g), which is $24,500 for 2026.&amp;nbsp;For employees&amp;nbsp;turning ages&amp;nbsp;50&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;59&amp;nbsp;or 64+ during&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;year,&amp;nbsp;the catch-up limit is $8,000, which means a total of $32,500 can be saved.&amp;nbsp;For employees&amp;nbsp;turning ages&amp;nbsp;60&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;63,&amp;nbsp;the catch-up limit is $11,250,&amp;nbsp;for a total of $35,750.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are two main ways to&amp;nbsp;administer&amp;nbsp;employee deferral&amp;nbsp;elections&amp;nbsp;in a 401(k) plan for those eligible for catch-up contributions:&amp;nbsp;the “single election” method and the “separate elections” method.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Single election method&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Under&amp;nbsp;this&amp;nbsp;method, a participant chooses&amp;nbsp;one&amp;nbsp;savings amount&amp;nbsp;(or percentage&amp;nbsp;of pay)&amp;nbsp;to be&amp;nbsp;deferred&amp;nbsp;each paycheck, and&amp;nbsp;deferrals are&amp;nbsp;eventually&amp;nbsp;cut off&amp;nbsp;as necessary&amp;nbsp;at the applicable&amp;nbsp;total&amp;nbsp;limit based on age.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Let’s&amp;nbsp;assume Jane Doe is 52 years old&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;wants to&amp;nbsp;defer&amp;nbsp;the maximum of $32,500, with uniform&amp;nbsp;savings&amp;nbsp;across the year’s biweekly payrolls.&amp;nbsp;Let’s&amp;nbsp;also assume&amp;nbsp;that, except for the Roth catch-up requirement,&amp;nbsp;she wants to&amp;nbsp;save with&amp;nbsp;pre-tax dollars.&amp;nbsp;Her deferrals would look like this:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span color=&quot;windowtext&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span color=&quot;windowtext&quot; 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line-height: 20.85px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP CommentStart CommentHighlightRest SCXW26071030 BCX0&quot; data-ccp-props=&quot;{&amp;quot;335551550&amp;quot;:2,&amp;quot;335551620&amp;quot;:2}&quot; face=&quot;Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: rgba(209, 209, 209, 0.5); font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.85px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCXW26071030 BCX0&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; clear: both; cursor: text; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;As you can see&amp;nbsp;from&amp;nbsp;the table, her standard deferrals are cut off at the $24,500 limit in the middle of the 20th&amp;nbsp;payroll period&amp;nbsp;and then her deferrals “flip” over to catch-up contributions the rest of the year.&amp;nbsp;Under&amp;nbsp;the single election&amp;nbsp;method, the $8,000 in catch-up contributions&amp;nbsp;during the last seven&amp;nbsp;payroll periods&amp;nbsp;would&amp;nbsp;be made with Roth dollars&amp;nbsp;per the new rule.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Separate elections method&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Under&amp;nbsp;this&amp;nbsp;method, a participant makes&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;separate election for&amp;nbsp;each of&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;standard&amp;nbsp;and catch-up&amp;nbsp;“buckets,”&amp;nbsp;each of which&amp;nbsp;receives deferrals from the start of the year and&amp;nbsp;is cut off at the&amp;nbsp;respective limit.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Using&amp;nbsp;Jane’s example&amp;nbsp;again, her deferrals would look like this:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCXW26071030 BCX0&quot; 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background-color: rgba(209, 209, 209, 0.5); font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.85px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ListContainerWrapper SCXW26071030 BCX0&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Under the separate&amp;nbsp;elections&amp;nbsp;method, the $8,000 in catch-up contributions&amp;nbsp;that are spread across all 26 payroll periods&amp;nbsp;would be made with Roth dollars&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;satisfy&amp;nbsp;the new rule.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;The rub&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Since Jane’s intention is to&amp;nbsp;save with&amp;nbsp;pre-tax dollars&amp;nbsp;—&amp;nbsp;and only Roth dollars where required&amp;nbsp;under the new rule&amp;nbsp;—&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;separate elections&amp;nbsp;method&amp;nbsp;accomplishes&amp;nbsp;her&amp;nbsp;goal&amp;nbsp;only&amp;nbsp;if she&amp;nbsp;ultimately&amp;nbsp;defers&amp;nbsp;the full $24,500&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;pre-tax dollars.&amp;nbsp;This may not be&amp;nbsp;accomplished&amp;nbsp;if one of the following events&amp;nbsp;occurs:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;Jane&amp;nbsp;decides to decrease her savings&amp;nbsp;rate&amp;nbsp;before the end of the year; 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overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; user-select: text;&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;As you can see&amp;nbsp;from&amp;nbsp;the table, her deferrals end after the 18th&amp;nbsp;payroll.&amp;nbsp;Her shortened&amp;nbsp;saving schedule&amp;nbsp;results in only $22,500 in total deferrals for the year.&amp;nbsp;Despite $5,538.46&amp;nbsp;being&amp;nbsp;deferred into the catch-up&amp;nbsp;bucket,&amp;nbsp;these deferrals are&amp;nbsp;technically&amp;nbsp;not&amp;nbsp;catch-up contributions because they&amp;nbsp;do not&amp;nbsp;represent&amp;nbsp;deferrals&amp;nbsp;in excess of&amp;nbsp;$24,500&amp;nbsp;—&amp;nbsp;the 402(g) limit.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;The time to change&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;The&amp;nbsp;separate elections&amp;nbsp;method&amp;nbsp;may be more appealing&amp;nbsp;to some organizations&amp;nbsp;that have used it historically.&amp;nbsp;However, the&amp;nbsp;new Roth catch-up rule introduces&amp;nbsp;administrative complexities that suggest&amp;nbsp;it’s&amp;nbsp;time&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;rethink.&amp;nbsp;The&amp;nbsp;single election&amp;nbsp;method&amp;nbsp;is common, simple for participants&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;understand&amp;nbsp;and simple to administer.&amp;nbsp;And best of all, it&amp;nbsp;doesn’t&amp;nbsp;categorize catch-up (and now Roth catch-up) until it needs to do so.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Please email us at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3571121232888966911/6211461973527356700#&quot;&gt;contact@trueplanadvisors.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;if&amp;nbsp;you’d&amp;nbsp;like to discuss this&amp;nbsp;topic&amp;nbsp;with one of our&amp;nbsp;consultants.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCXW183360331 BCX0&quot; 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This material has been prepared for informational purposes only and is not intended to provide, and should not be relied on for, tax, legal or accounting advice. Past performance is not indicative or a guarantee of future returns.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;This content is for informational purposes only. It has been partially generated from an AI language model, which may not always be exhaustive or tailored to individual circumstances. We encourage you to contact one of our experts for more information. We assume no liability arising from any use of this content.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/12/new-roth-catch-up-rule-why-you-may-need.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Admin)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLVJZY3Z-s0Wg6o2kwz1g9kKN1QTNaVVnu4pPjYpKpBmltb_PNWbkYvqOYMky6SatrEWhY2y0BCSJ3rTXEeQ1Y9F6amM4odGMw0Oi3HhSS9vtWaIp0BlPBTIT-_20cu7G925qzPuzVDYlrDjXITBJqm81zWU6ki7PEvkAfJY7Eu8oJFDpSLXJKffb7uKhO/s72-w640-h334-c/Untitled%20(7).jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571121232888966911.post-627031163630831301</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 21:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-12-16T16:06:45.572-05:00</atom:updated><title>Preparing for the fall and winter virus season </title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7lErHpL179uNSub58hfz1SXJtaljXJOsxLU_Y2SfrwyHM8ubtymDQug03M4bR1uCtH6F4WHIs1lqVKN-Sypomq9egzLMjeFGR2YEcBFS-XPQ9rOXVFjgPfc6uRNy4Q513mDvWCo4YZX93E0XO2k5sTs0DJrNNSw4BcT0KDJ2Wf9494TctxxV8MOQ6Uw/s1200/Untitled-3-Variation%20Two-%20Image%20only.jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;628&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;334&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7lErHpL179uNSub58hfz1SXJtaljXJOsxLU_Y2SfrwyHM8ubtymDQug03M4bR1uCtH6F4WHIs1lqVKN-Sypomq9egzLMjeFGR2YEcBFS-XPQ9rOXVFjgPfc6uRNy4Q513mDvWCo4YZX93E0XO2k5sTs0DJrNNSw4BcT0KDJ2Wf9494TctxxV8MOQ6Uw/w640-h334/Untitled-3-Variation%20Two-%20Image%20only.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;With respiratory infections&amp;nbsp;on the rise,&amp;nbsp;it’s&amp;nbsp;important for employers to&amp;nbsp;mitigate or address illness among employees to help keep workers healthy and productive. This article highlights best practices for employers during the&amp;nbsp;2025-2026&amp;nbsp;respiratory season.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://46453879.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/46453879/TruePlan/TruePlan%20Benefit%20Brief/TruePlan_Benefit%20Brief/Winter%20Edition/preparing-for-the-fall-and-winter-virus-season.pdf&quot; href=&quot;https://46453879.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/46453879/TruePlan/TruePlan%20Benefit%20Brief/TruePlan_Benefit%20Brief/Winter%20Edition/preparing-for-the-fall-and-winter-virus-season.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;[Get the&amp;nbsp;article&amp;nbsp;here]&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have questions,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;contact TruePlan&lt;/a&gt;. Our team of advisors can help you with questions within the scope of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;employee benefits&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br data-cke-eol=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;</description><link>https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/12/fall-winter-virus-season.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Courtney Yule)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7lErHpL179uNSub58hfz1SXJtaljXJOsxLU_Y2SfrwyHM8ubtymDQug03M4bR1uCtH6F4WHIs1lqVKN-Sypomq9egzLMjeFGR2YEcBFS-XPQ9rOXVFjgPfc6uRNy4Q513mDvWCo4YZX93E0XO2k5sTs0DJrNNSw4BcT0KDJ2Wf9494TctxxV8MOQ6Uw/s72-w640-h334-c/Untitled-3-Variation%20Two-%20Image%20only.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571121232888966911.post-2808145851928266280</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 21:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-12-16T16:03:19.391-05:00</atom:updated><title>Trump deal lowers cost of some prescription drugs </title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9NFJuWZ1EQMFj8BuR4JL7Tkxqxbm2WngGbjZ_2GB746bJfICrS0HNjqfZKfhdi42SFY7Eib0J3eITz7q1a45aWLIvGqnIIDDLZleMOqmja2AU5VD7CLob-9IaO7RkM6gr1lFgJiRKZjsjxdvxwiF1M501M2VAwYSuJKhyphenhyphenC5Z115hbyr7TFerjPiwkLJHH/s1200/Untitled-5-Variation%20Two-%20Image%20only.jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Trump deal lowers cost of some prescription drugs&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;628&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;334&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9NFJuWZ1EQMFj8BuR4JL7Tkxqxbm2WngGbjZ_2GB746bJfICrS0HNjqfZKfhdi42SFY7Eib0J3eITz7q1a45aWLIvGqnIIDDLZleMOqmja2AU5VD7CLob-9IaO7RkM6gr1lFgJiRKZjsjxdvxwiF1M501M2VAwYSuJKhyphenhyphenC5Z115hbyr7TFerjPiwkLJHH/w640-h334/Untitled-5-Variation%20Two-%20Image%20only.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;On Sept. 30, President&amp;nbsp;Trump announced&amp;nbsp;an&amp;nbsp;agreement with&amp;nbsp;Pfizer&amp;nbsp;to offer lower prices on its drugs&amp;nbsp;sold&amp;nbsp;to the Medicaid program and directly to consumers. This news brief explains&amp;nbsp;the agreement&amp;nbsp;further.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://46453879.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/46453879/TruePlan/TruePlan%20Benefit%20Brief/TruePlan_Benefit%20Brief/Winter%20Edition/trump-announces-first-deal-to-lower-costs-of%20prescription-drugs.pdf&quot; href=&quot;https://46453879.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/46453879/TruePlan/TruePlan%20Benefit%20Brief/TruePlan_Benefit%20Brief/Winter%20Edition/trump-announces-first-deal-to-lower-costs-of%20prescription-drugs.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;[Get the&amp;nbsp;brief&amp;nbsp;here]&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have questions,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;contact TruePlan&lt;/a&gt;. Our team of advisors can help you with questions within the scope of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;employee benefits&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/12/trump-lower-prescription-drug-costs.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Courtney Yule)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9NFJuWZ1EQMFj8BuR4JL7Tkxqxbm2WngGbjZ_2GB746bJfICrS0HNjqfZKfhdi42SFY7Eib0J3eITz7q1a45aWLIvGqnIIDDLZleMOqmja2AU5VD7CLob-9IaO7RkM6gr1lFgJiRKZjsjxdvxwiF1M501M2VAwYSuJKhyphenhyphenC5Z115hbyr7TFerjPiwkLJHH/s72-w640-h334-c/Untitled-5-Variation%20Two-%20Image%20only.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571121232888966911.post-5076498389795755366</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 21:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-12-16T16:02:45.145-05:00</atom:updated><title>December 2025 Benefits Buzz: IRS releases 2026 employee benefit plan limits</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5CHNLyfFmdq_rfVREShATeaEy2ejyohMRdQa1fpWOVSNmIvwbWwmiFO6lAtsmtyPQZbdWp4dUhyphenhyphenGz10SYZl9zpXdN6-rghUY_FKWQh0Ca1ijC4IDnj5hgfv90Ay6WqbHaGgtKf5qcZwaK-T-EP3yvUEGi2e1mhwFsUfngKR9G3ZXf9FfbMDMBJdQMKuw/s1200/Benefits%20Buzz_December%202025-4.jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;628&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;334&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5CHNLyfFmdq_rfVREShATeaEy2ejyohMRdQa1fpWOVSNmIvwbWwmiFO6lAtsmtyPQZbdWp4dUhyphenhyphenGz10SYZl9zpXdN6-rghUY_FKWQh0Ca1ijC4IDnj5hgfv90Ay6WqbHaGgtKf5qcZwaK-T-EP3yvUEGi2e1mhwFsUfngKR9G3ZXf9FfbMDMBJdQMKuw/w640-h334/Benefits%20Buzz_December%202025-4.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Welcome to the&amp;nbsp;December&amp;nbsp;edition of&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Benefits Buzz&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;!&amp;nbsp;In this&amp;nbsp;issue, we dive into the latest topics related to employee benefits, wellness&amp;nbsp;programs&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;ever-evolving workplace dynamics. Stay informed and gain insights that help you make the most of your benefits package.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;This month&#39;s highlights&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Topic #1:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;IRS releases employee benefit plan limits for 2026.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Topic #2:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Federal agencies outline options for offering fertility benefits.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Download the full story&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;For an in-depth look at this month&#39;s topics, download the PDF below. Dive deeper into the advice and guidance that can help you&amp;nbsp;leverage&amp;nbsp;your&amp;nbsp;organization’s&amp;nbsp;benefits to their&amp;nbsp;fullest&amp;nbsp;potential.&amp;nbsp;Don&#39;t&amp;nbsp;miss out on&amp;nbsp;valuable insights that could improve your professional and personal life.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://46453879.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/46453879/TruePlan/TruePlan%20Benefit%20Brief/TruePlan_Benefit%20Brief/Winter%20Edition/793165%20Benefits%20Buzz%20Newsletter%20December%202025.pdf&quot; href=&quot;https://46453879.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/46453879/TruePlan/TruePlan%20Benefit%20Brief/TruePlan_Benefit%20Brief/Winter%20Edition/793165%20Benefits%20Buzz%20Newsletter%20December%202025.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;[Download the Full Story PDF]&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Stay informed, stay&amp;nbsp;empowered&amp;nbsp;and make the most of your benefits with&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Benefits Buzz&lt;/i&gt;! Be sure to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/company/trueplanadvisors&quot; href=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/company/trueplanadvisors&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;follow us on LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for monthly updates and never&amp;nbsp;miss out on&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;latest&amp;nbsp;benefits news.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Questions?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have questions,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;contact TruePlan&lt;/a&gt;. Our team of advisors can help you with questions within the scope of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;employee benefits&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;This content is for informational purposes only. It has been partially generated from an AI language model, which may not always be exhaustive or tailored to individual circumstances. We encourage you to contact one of our experts for more information. We assume no liability arising from any use of this content.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/12/benefits-buzz-december-2025.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Courtney Yule)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5CHNLyfFmdq_rfVREShATeaEy2ejyohMRdQa1fpWOVSNmIvwbWwmiFO6lAtsmtyPQZbdWp4dUhyphenhyphenGz10SYZl9zpXdN6-rghUY_FKWQh0Ca1ijC4IDnj5hgfv90Ay6WqbHaGgtKf5qcZwaK-T-EP3yvUEGi2e1mhwFsUfngKR9G3ZXf9FfbMDMBJdQMKuw/s72-w640-h334-c/Benefits%20Buzz_December%202025-4.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571121232888966911.post-61131633000914032</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-12-16T16:00:57.525-05:00</atom:updated><title>2025 ACA reporting forms and instructions finalized</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJma1kgTqnE-nlvE9Zq4rAJeZZg16Jnn7Gmoh-6Elay7PVPpXzmxQYaedgHnaLl0OknC4zFcVw7rUApBBuBJ5FtTvM-yFDdLio83J5tKtxefzVb_uzG6h0mwBGuU3DqPtiAwOKH9WwJW1fxjXpIMIVnTFhPb0fLe7EM_guIAWVW7KP-ntGv_JQsYAyqTp9/s1200/Untitled-7%20(1).jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;2025 ACA reporting forms and instructions finalized&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;628&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;334&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJma1kgTqnE-nlvE9Zq4rAJeZZg16Jnn7Gmoh-6Elay7PVPpXzmxQYaedgHnaLl0OknC4zFcVw7rUApBBuBJ5FtTvM-yFDdLio83J5tKtxefzVb_uzG6h0mwBGuU3DqPtiAwOKH9WwJW1fxjXpIMIVnTFhPb0fLe7EM_guIAWVW7KP-ntGv_JQsYAyqTp9/w640-h334/Untitled-7%20(1).jpeg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Internal Revenue Service (IRS)&amp;nbsp;issued final instructions for&amp;nbsp;Affordable&amp;nbsp;Care Act&amp;nbsp;(ACA) reporting under Internal Revenue Code Sections 6055 and 6056. The release follows the IRS’ earlier publication of the final reporting forms and draft instructions for the 2025 calendar year.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://46453879.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/46453879/TruePlan/TruePlan%20Benefit%20Brief/TruePlan_Benefit%20Brief/Winter%20Edition/2025-aca-reporting-forms-and-instructions-finalized.pdf&quot; href=&quot;https://46453879.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/46453879/TruePlan/TruePlan%20Benefit%20Brief/TruePlan_Benefit%20Brief/Winter%20Edition/2025-aca-reporting-forms-and-instructions-finalized.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;[Get the&amp;nbsp;update]&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have questions,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;contact TruePlan&lt;/a&gt;. Our team of advisors can help you with questions within the scope of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;employee benefits&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/12/aca-reporting-finalized-2025.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Courtney Yule)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJma1kgTqnE-nlvE9Zq4rAJeZZg16Jnn7Gmoh-6Elay7PVPpXzmxQYaedgHnaLl0OknC4zFcVw7rUApBBuBJ5FtTvM-yFDdLio83J5tKtxefzVb_uzG6h0mwBGuU3DqPtiAwOKH9WwJW1fxjXpIMIVnTFhPb0fLe7EM_guIAWVW7KP-ntGv_JQsYAyqTp9/s72-w640-h334-c/Untitled-7%20(1).jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571121232888966911.post-4920466246394592473</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:58:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-12-16T15:58:48.741-05:00</atom:updated><title>Key drivers of 2026 health care cost increases</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7zGaaXvT0UFnmM7oiO7s3jdejcUE2uiyWfSmPOZrS7fI9b2Aj-YwPNOuwxJLL3hrEnuUxtMz2U04SVnCGprNUXiwoXb3AmonLnSBagrzEj0sC6-otCgBkpjqJrGUEKPVikmFmIpOQU6dA_Qvnvy8t1qBF93fq5srKxCpt6FEkBobeQbtFab9k9bU55uUQ/s1200/Untitled-9.jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Key drivers of 2026 healthcare cost increases&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;628&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;334&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7zGaaXvT0UFnmM7oiO7s3jdejcUE2uiyWfSmPOZrS7fI9b2Aj-YwPNOuwxJLL3hrEnuUxtMz2U04SVnCGprNUXiwoXb3AmonLnSBagrzEj0sC6-otCgBkpjqJrGUEKPVikmFmIpOQU6dA_Qvnvy8t1qBF93fq5srKxCpt6FEkBobeQbtFab9k9bU55uUQ/w640-h334/Untitled-9.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Healthcare costs have been growing at an alarming rate in recent&amp;nbsp;years&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;they’re&amp;nbsp;not slowing down.&amp;nbsp;Surveys project that healthcare costs in the United States are likely to increase by 6.5%&amp;nbsp;to, in many cases,&amp;nbsp;over&amp;nbsp;10% in 2026. This article highlights key factors that will&amp;nbsp;impact&amp;nbsp;rising healthcare costs in&amp;nbsp;2026.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://46453879.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/46453879/TruePlan/TruePlan%20Benefit%20Brief/TruePlan_Benefit%20Brief/Winter%20Edition/key-drivers-of-2026-health-care-cost-increases.pdf&quot; href=&quot;https://46453879.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/46453879/TruePlan/TruePlan%20Benefit%20Brief/TruePlan_Benefit%20Brief/Winter%20Edition/key-drivers-of-2026-health-care-cost-increases.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;[Get the&amp;nbsp;key factors]&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have questions,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;contact TruePlan&lt;/a&gt;. Our team of advisors can help you with questions within the scope of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;employee benefits&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/12/drivers-health-care-cost-increases-2026.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Courtney Yule)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7zGaaXvT0UFnmM7oiO7s3jdejcUE2uiyWfSmPOZrS7fI9b2Aj-YwPNOuwxJLL3hrEnuUxtMz2U04SVnCGprNUXiwoXb3AmonLnSBagrzEj0sC6-otCgBkpjqJrGUEKPVikmFmIpOQU6dA_Qvnvy8t1qBF93fq5srKxCpt6FEkBobeQbtFab9k9bU55uUQ/s72-w640-h334-c/Untitled-9.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>New York, NY, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>40.7127753 -74.0059728</georss:point><georss:box>-0.10041489298338746 -144.3184728 81.525965492983374 -3.693472799999995</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571121232888966911.post-7099410322509695819</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-12-16T15:57:15.721-05:00</atom:updated><title>November 2025 Benefits Buzz: IRS releases 2026 health FSA and more!</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCiybVwNQWb2sLdRKZ_aYYjF_SAsHGzQo5B6g1BsFw3Cf9gSodVoMe8-4IIjEnHGeXzOV-ulY0HltKucH8rZFttWDu9wwsfLbeoU6DbnGH-TZDBF24-7DUR_NyiDg9KEGilJ0PXXBsF0xIoEE8r_tlD5Sby3QCORoXERXzw4ouGOH1AFscG6uwZw_BRJE/s1200/Benefits%20Buzz_November%202025-2.jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;628&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;334&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCiybVwNQWb2sLdRKZ_aYYjF_SAsHGzQo5B6g1BsFw3Cf9gSodVoMe8-4IIjEnHGeXzOV-ulY0HltKucH8rZFttWDu9wwsfLbeoU6DbnGH-TZDBF24-7DUR_NyiDg9KEGilJ0PXXBsF0xIoEE8r_tlD5Sby3QCORoXERXzw4ouGOH1AFscG6uwZw_BRJE/w640-h334/Benefits%20Buzz_November%202025-2.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Welcome to the&amp;nbsp;November&amp;nbsp;edition of&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Benefits Buzz&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;!&amp;nbsp;In this&amp;nbsp;issue, we dive into the latest topics related to employee benefits, wellness&amp;nbsp;programs&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;ever-evolving workplace dynamics. Stay informed and gain insights that help you make the most of your benefits package.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;This month&#39;s highlights&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Topic #1:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;IRS&amp;nbsp;releases&amp;nbsp;2026 Health&amp;nbsp;FSA&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Topic #2:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;IRS releases 2026 Qualified Transportation Limits&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Download the full story&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;For an in-depth look at this month&#39;s topics, download the PDF below. Dive deeper into the advice and guidance that can help you&amp;nbsp;leverage&amp;nbsp;your&amp;nbsp;organization’s&amp;nbsp;benefits to their&amp;nbsp;fullest&amp;nbsp;potential.&amp;nbsp;Don&#39;t&amp;nbsp;miss out on&amp;nbsp;valuable insights that could improve your professional and personal life.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://46453879.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/46453879/TruePlan/TruePlan%20Benefit%20Brief/TruePlan_Benefit%20Brief/Winter%20Edition/793211%20Benefits%20Buzz%20Newsletter%20November%202025.pdf&quot; href=&quot;https://46453879.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/46453879/TruePlan/TruePlan%20Benefit%20Brief/TruePlan_Benefit%20Brief/Winter%20Edition/793211%20Benefits%20Buzz%20Newsletter%20November%202025.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;[Download the Full Story PDF]&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stay informed, stay&amp;nbsp;empowered&amp;nbsp;and make the most of your benefits with&amp;nbsp;Benefits Buzz! Be sure to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/company/trueplanadvisors&quot; href=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/company/trueplanadvisors&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;follow us on LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for monthly updates and never&amp;nbsp;miss out on&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;latest&amp;nbsp;benefits news.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have questions,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;contact TruePlan&lt;/a&gt;. Our team of advisors can help you with questions within the scope of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;employee benefits&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;This content is for informational purposes only. It has been partially generated from an AI language model, which may not always be exhaustive or tailored to individual circumstances. We encourage you to contact one of our experts for more information. We assume no liability arising from any use of this content.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/12/benefits-buzz-november-2025.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Courtney Yule)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCiybVwNQWb2sLdRKZ_aYYjF_SAsHGzQo5B6g1BsFw3Cf9gSodVoMe8-4IIjEnHGeXzOV-ulY0HltKucH8rZFttWDu9wwsfLbeoU6DbnGH-TZDBF24-7DUR_NyiDg9KEGilJ0PXXBsF0xIoEE8r_tlD5Sby3QCORoXERXzw4ouGOH1AFscG6uwZw_BRJE/s72-w640-h334-c/Benefits%20Buzz_November%202025-2.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571121232888966911.post-7596334177336889764</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-12-11T15:15:33.625-05:00</atom:updated><title>New York Secure Choice: What employers need to know before 2026</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Re1kkF5Z29mjV-wq5k0FNJb9V5GUQB9URdvc1OKNbQSdJeoLSZJt2t80a95ECwx04_U5hKGxDE0eFYXkDD62K0n3tfKJO6MyO_N7_2fAqi4bLOYRS8JEC5U6LnPAoopOkeJk7C3V9WZKcrNNWO9mv2cvHDx9teTxpy8ckDJmK9EC3A_bWLk7ftVcEKKa/s1200/NYS%20Secure%20Choice_Blog-2.jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;NYS Secure Choice&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;628&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;334&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Re1kkF5Z29mjV-wq5k0FNJb9V5GUQB9URdvc1OKNbQSdJeoLSZJt2t80a95ECwx04_U5hKGxDE0eFYXkDD62K0n3tfKJO6MyO_N7_2fAqi4bLOYRS8JEC5U6LnPAoopOkeJk7C3V9WZKcrNNWO9mv2cvHDx9teTxpy8ckDJmK9EC3A_bWLk7ftVcEKKa/w640-h334/NYS%20Secure%20Choice_Blog-2.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Are you prepared?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;On&amp;nbsp;Oct. 8, New York officially launched&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://newyorksecurechoice.com/employers&quot; href=&quot;https://newyorksecurechoice.com/employers&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;New York Secure Choice Savings Program.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;It’s&amp;nbsp;a state-sponsored, automatic-enrollment&amp;nbsp;Roth IRA program designed to expand retirement savings access for millions of private-sector employees.&amp;nbsp;Participation will soon be mandatory&amp;nbsp;for many&amp;nbsp;employers&amp;nbsp;without an existing workplace retirement plan.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Who needs to comply&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Businesses that&amp;nbsp;meet&amp;nbsp;all&amp;nbsp;the following criteria&amp;nbsp;must&amp;nbsp;register&amp;nbsp;for the program and&amp;nbsp;participate:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;have 10 or more employees in New York during the previous calendar year;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;have been in business for at least two years;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;do&amp;nbsp;not currently offer a retirement plan.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Key&amp;nbsp;deadlines&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Employers will receive notice from the state with registration instructions, but&amp;nbsp;2026&amp;nbsp;deadlines will come quickly:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;30+ employees: March&amp;nbsp;18&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;15&amp;nbsp;to 29 employees:&amp;nbsp;May 15&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;10&amp;nbsp;to14&amp;nbsp;employees:&amp;nbsp;July 15&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Employers have nine months from notification to register and begin&amp;nbsp;facilitating&amp;nbsp;payroll deductions. Learn more about the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://newyorksecurechoice.com/employers/program-details&quot; href=&quot;https://newyorksecurechoice.com/employers/program-details&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;program details&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;registration process.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Penalties for missing deadlines&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Failure to&amp;nbsp;comply&amp;nbsp;can result in fines starting at $250 per employee, rising to $1,000 per employee for repeated violations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;First violation: $250 per employee.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Second violation within&amp;nbsp;two&amp;nbsp;years:&amp;nbsp;$500 per employee.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Third violation: $1,000 per employee.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Continued violations after the third: $1,000 per employee.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Additional $100 per employee for missing&amp;nbsp;recordkeeping.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Employer&amp;nbsp;responsibilities (and&amp;nbsp;what&amp;nbsp;you’re&amp;nbsp;not responsible for)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Facilitating Secure Choice is simple and free, as employers&amp;nbsp;are only&amp;nbsp;required&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;handle basic administrative tasks, such as&amp;nbsp;enrolling employees, processing payroll&amp;nbsp;deductions&amp;nbsp;and sharing program information. There are no employer contributions and no fiduciary responsibility for investment outcomes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Employers&amp;nbsp;are not&amp;nbsp;responsible for:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;setting up or managing employee IRA accounts;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;handling investment changes or distributions;&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;providing&amp;nbsp;investment advice.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Employees own their accounts,&amp;nbsp;manage their own investment&amp;nbsp;choices&amp;nbsp;and can opt out anytime.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Preparing now can save you stress later&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Although Secure Choice’s deadline&amp;nbsp;may feel&amp;nbsp;distant, 2026&amp;nbsp;is&amp;nbsp;almost here.&amp;nbsp;You might not need to solve this problem until the&amp;nbsp;state&amp;nbsp;knocks&amp;nbsp;on your door — but planning now means&amp;nbsp;you’ll&amp;nbsp;have options.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don&#39;t&amp;nbsp;wait until the&amp;nbsp;last minute when many service&amp;nbsp;providers may be overloaded and&amp;nbsp;overwhelmed.&amp;nbsp;At&amp;nbsp;TruePlan, we help organizations get ahead of state mandates by&amp;nbsp;exploring&amp;nbsp;alternatives&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;better fit your workforce and business goals.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Talk to us today&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;let’s&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/retirement_plans/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/retirement_plans/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;build a&amp;nbsp;retirement plan&amp;nbsp;strategy&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;helps&amp;nbsp;keep&amp;nbsp;you compliant&amp;nbsp;and competitive.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;TruePlan&amp;nbsp;Benefit and Retirement Advisors® is a marketing name&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;Healthcare Community Securities Corp., member FINRA/SIPC, and an SEC Registered Investment Advisor.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;This content is for informational purposes only.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;We recommend you review the program details linked above.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;We are not attorneys; as such we do not and cannot&amp;nbsp;provide&amp;nbsp;legal advice.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Additionally, our summary&amp;nbsp;has been partially generated from an AI language model, which may not always be exhaustive or tailored to individual circumstances. We encourage you to contact one of our experts for more information. We assume no liability arising from any use of this content.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/12/new-york-secure-choice.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Courtney Yule)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Re1kkF5Z29mjV-wq5k0FNJb9V5GUQB9URdvc1OKNbQSdJeoLSZJt2t80a95ECwx04_U5hKGxDE0eFYXkDD62K0n3tfKJO6MyO_N7_2fAqi4bLOYRS8JEC5U6LnPAoopOkeJk7C3V9WZKcrNNWO9mv2cvHDx9teTxpy8ckDJmK9EC3A_bWLk7ftVcEKKa/s72-w640-h334-c/NYS%20Secure%20Choice_Blog-2.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>New York, NY, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>40.7127753 -74.0059728</georss:point><georss:box>12.402541463821152 -109.1622228 69.023009136178842 -38.849722799999995</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571121232888966911.post-4164915805447682894</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 20:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-10-29T16:31:36.738-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">employee benefit plans</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">voluntary benefit expansion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Voluntary Benefits</category><title>Survey finds one-third of employers to expand voluntary benefits by 2027</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiODPr4v3Q0QCtMhutRRhnQR4uFU_cpV03c6hMUegbNEkfWPxelyQ1b6iInMNP2wd1SYNcxNGhN23nexWo3NfrRcbgjytj_Vd6gyMjoKFEX9iVS_6ZyX2zEQKbnngMjU0SVUX5qXEx0b-qojmFsXpdUy-rOOCQxgmKljEeDVQI5pKHFtvLw3YrzEFa8Q_wR/s1200/New%20Blog_Survey%20finds%20one-third%20of%20employers%20to%20expand%20voluntary%20benefits%20by%202027-2.jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Voluntary benefits survey&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;628&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;334&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiODPr4v3Q0QCtMhutRRhnQR4uFU_cpV03c6hMUegbNEkfWPxelyQ1b6iInMNP2wd1SYNcxNGhN23nexWo3NfrRcbgjytj_Vd6gyMjoKFEX9iVS_6ZyX2zEQKbnngMjU0SVUX5qXEx0b-qojmFsXpdUy-rOOCQxgmKljEeDVQI5pKHFtvLw3YrzEFa8Q_wR/w640-h334/New%20Blog_Survey%20finds%20one-third%20of%20employers%20to%20expand%20voluntary%20benefits%20by%202027-2.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A recent survey from&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://www.ajg.com/2025-us-workforce-trends-report-benefits-benchmarks/&quot; href=&quot;https://www.ajg.com/2025-us-workforce-trends-report-benefits-benchmarks/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Gallagher&lt;/a&gt;, a global insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting firm, found that nearly one-third of employers are expected to expand voluntary benefit offerings by 2027. This news brief has more details.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/download/blog/survey-finds-one-third-of-employers-to-expand-voluntary-benefits-by-2027/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/download/blog/survey-finds-one-third-of-employers-to-expand-voluntary-benefits-by-2027/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;[Get the&amp;nbsp;news brief&amp;nbsp;here]&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have questions,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;contact TruePlan&lt;/a&gt;. Our team of advisors can help you with questions within the scope of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;employee benefits&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/10/voluntary-benefits-survey.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Courtney Yule)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiODPr4v3Q0QCtMhutRRhnQR4uFU_cpV03c6hMUegbNEkfWPxelyQ1b6iInMNP2wd1SYNcxNGhN23nexWo3NfrRcbgjytj_Vd6gyMjoKFEX9iVS_6ZyX2zEQKbnngMjU0SVUX5qXEx0b-qojmFsXpdUy-rOOCQxgmKljEeDVQI5pKHFtvLw3YrzEFa8Q_wR/s72-w640-h334-c/New%20Blog_Survey%20finds%20one-third%20of%20employers%20to%20expand%20voluntary%20benefits%20by%202027-2.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>New York, NY, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>40.7127753 -74.0059728</georss:point><georss:box>12.402541463821152 -109.1622228 69.023009136178842 -38.849722799999995</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571121232888966911.post-6849678030290772370</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 20:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-10-29T16:20:30.023-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Dependent care FSA</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Flexible Spending Account</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">FSA</category><title>Dependent care FSA limit will increase in 2026</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfGBcxXSDEDQKKTzthad5gdP2uiQz4Vzn_7TQhMxNP1Uca3XEqu1nvSXXNU9DliqUR4G1ehwoRPoylkICYAGHAeFv5lA4tAwvAp3vRdJhbzkMGZGGH85HMjVXRxR4nrwpDq5XSJmcbiLSwNHgh5v1LHFffMJijvnntemN74xmnmqM4uUNM18i8XF3CXQG/s1200/New%20blog-2.jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Dependent care FSA 2026&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;628&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;334&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfGBcxXSDEDQKKTzthad5gdP2uiQz4Vzn_7TQhMxNP1Uca3XEqu1nvSXXNU9DliqUR4G1ehwoRPoylkICYAGHAeFv5lA4tAwvAp3vRdJhbzkMGZGGH85HMjVXRxR4nrwpDq5XSJmcbiLSwNHgh5v1LHFffMJijvnntemN74xmnmqM4uUNM18i8XF3CXQG/w640-h334/New%20blog-2.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Effective Jan. 1, 2026,&amp;nbsp;The One Big Beautiful Bill Act&amp;nbsp;(OBBBA) increases the maximum annual contribution limit for dependent care&amp;nbsp;flexible spending accounts&amp;nbsp;to $7,500 (or $3,750 for married individuals filing separate tax returns). This legal update summarizes this change.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/download/blog/dependent-care-fsa-limit-will-increase-in-2026/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/download/blog/dependent-care-fsa-limit-will-increase-in-2026/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;[Get the&amp;nbsp;legal update&amp;nbsp;here]&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have questions,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;contact TruePlan&lt;/a&gt;. Our team of advisors can help you with questions within the scope of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;employee benefits&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/10/dependent-care-fsa.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Courtney Yule)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfGBcxXSDEDQKKTzthad5gdP2uiQz4Vzn_7TQhMxNP1Uca3XEqu1nvSXXNU9DliqUR4G1ehwoRPoylkICYAGHAeFv5lA4tAwvAp3vRdJhbzkMGZGGH85HMjVXRxR4nrwpDq5XSJmcbiLSwNHgh5v1LHFffMJijvnntemN74xmnmqM4uUNM18i8XF3CXQG/s72-w640-h334-c/New%20blog-2.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>New York, NY, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>40.7127753 -74.0059728</georss:point><georss:box>12.402541463821152 -109.1622228 69.023009136178842 -38.849722799999995</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571121232888966911.post-955458807837785047</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 20:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-10-29T16:16:10.164-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Caregiving benefits</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">employee benefit plans</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Employee Benefits</category><title>Caregiving benefits: Top five reasons to offer them </title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSpv2KfP32OFX-tSpjGwmhO8HeWNGc5LiJDV02K5pxUlgRgCn49OSCebw5KJ9Mpo4u_Gqf6Hc4SrolLb9mECHX8NmOtbBdzKF9A6wJjHZrwAJB7FwiRrPGxSt54v4jz8UZ-jwrnHImLiswD0IZwxsTOEmA5ja0YoBLg3hNEnjcn7ZZTSLl3ks8RsvvbPg/s1200/New%20Blog_Caregiving%20benefits-2.jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Top five reasons to offer caregiving benefits&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;628&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;334&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSpv2KfP32OFX-tSpjGwmhO8HeWNGc5LiJDV02K5pxUlgRgCn49OSCebw5KJ9Mpo4u_Gqf6Hc4SrolLb9mECHX8NmOtbBdzKF9A6wJjHZrwAJB7FwiRrPGxSt54v4jz8UZ-jwrnHImLiswD0IZwxsTOEmA5ja0YoBLg3hNEnjcn7ZZTSLl3ks8RsvvbPg/w640-h334/New%20Blog_Caregiving%20benefits-2.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;As the population ages and more workers take on the role of family&amp;nbsp;caregiver, support for&amp;nbsp;caregivers&amp;nbsp;becomes increasingly essential. This article discusses&amp;nbsp;considerations for offering&amp;nbsp;caregiving benefits&amp;nbsp;to employees.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/download/blog/5-reasons-to-consider-caregiving-benefits/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/download/blog/5-reasons-to-consider-caregiving-benefits/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;[Get the&amp;nbsp;article&amp;nbsp;here]&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have questions,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;contact TruePlan&lt;/a&gt;. Our team of advisors can help you with questions within the scope of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;employee benefits&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/10/caregiving-benefits.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Courtney Yule)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSpv2KfP32OFX-tSpjGwmhO8HeWNGc5LiJDV02K5pxUlgRgCn49OSCebw5KJ9Mpo4u_Gqf6Hc4SrolLb9mECHX8NmOtbBdzKF9A6wJjHZrwAJB7FwiRrPGxSt54v4jz8UZ-jwrnHImLiswD0IZwxsTOEmA5ja0YoBLg3hNEnjcn7ZZTSLl3ks8RsvvbPg/s72-w640-h334-c/New%20Blog_Caregiving%20benefits-2.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>New York, NY, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>40.7127753 -74.0059728</georss:point><georss:box>12.402541463821152 -109.1622228 69.023009136178842 -38.849722799999995</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571121232888966911.post-4645426807640409458</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 20:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-10-29T16:11:38.904-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Open Enrollment</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">open enrollment 2026</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Open Enrollment Communication</category><title>Getting the most out of your 2026 open enrollment communications</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbVhvocdbmpH5Byc5GokP1S5g1CHsAg3x5ydKmLkp908C0_KQtJDlZ_adv3-qr-poTWC01zBphPjQVzZstnriuYPhGapoETEXN8I532803LoIZEIvlsC_GDV62cyjz4wVrob6Np8bSKkTz_1ANi5CmvjBDVyTDp1Nijm-8neivB2DTtUksJ9l8T67B5kX/s1200/New%20Blog_Getting%20the%20most%20out%20of%20your%202026%20open%20enrollment%20communications-2.jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Open enrollment communications 2026&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;628&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;334&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbVhvocdbmpH5Byc5GokP1S5g1CHsAg3x5ydKmLkp908C0_KQtJDlZ_adv3-qr-poTWC01zBphPjQVzZstnriuYPhGapoETEXN8I532803LoIZEIvlsC_GDV62cyjz4wVrob6Np8bSKkTz_1ANi5CmvjBDVyTDp1Nijm-8neivB2DTtUksJ9l8T67B5kX/w640-h334/New%20Blog_Getting%20the%20most%20out%20of%20your%202026%20open%20enrollment%20communications-2.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;As organizations continue to adapt to evolving workforce needs and changing regulations in 2026, open enrollment communication&amp;nbsp;will be&amp;nbsp;more&amp;nbsp;important&amp;nbsp;than ever. This article highlights why open enrollment communication matters and provides tips on what to do before, during and after&amp;nbsp;enrollment to maximize its effectiveness.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/download/blog/getting-the-most-out-of-your-2026-open-enrollment-communications/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/download/blog/getting-the-most-out-of-your-2026-open-enrollment-communications/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;[Get the&amp;nbsp;article here]&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have questions,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;contact TruePlan&lt;/a&gt;. Our team of advisors can help you with questions within the scope of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;employee benefits&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/10/open-enrollment-communications-2026.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Courtney Yule)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbVhvocdbmpH5Byc5GokP1S5g1CHsAg3x5ydKmLkp908C0_KQtJDlZ_adv3-qr-poTWC01zBphPjQVzZstnriuYPhGapoETEXN8I532803LoIZEIvlsC_GDV62cyjz4wVrob6Np8bSKkTz_1ANi5CmvjBDVyTDp1Nijm-8neivB2DTtUksJ9l8T67B5kX/s72-w640-h334-c/New%20Blog_Getting%20the%20most%20out%20of%20your%202026%20open%20enrollment%20communications-2.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571121232888966911.post-4664940136459954162</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 20:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-10-29T16:04:34.831-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ACA</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Benefits Buzz</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Medicare Part D</category><title>October 2025 Benefits Buzz: ACA pay-or-play update and more!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX0yfi6eikaY_zsLyqKzK_HoYmASPGG8Cvtp6bflsV-ZxgfsGuvIJWalqnelLM0oiQxrwSMV2EFOiFbv5tT6ClliR6-YHg54MvdgvlwpBNFk5-vnkBpcfIT6hzOapeFJqGFN1jsH_Y5S1CqRlzT8sO_NCBvNPqmGwvUgYr87qgzdHL3t1rkzkOHMnIi3S9/s1200/Benefits%20Buzz_October%202025-2.jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;October 2025 Benefits Buzz&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;628&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;334&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX0yfi6eikaY_zsLyqKzK_HoYmASPGG8Cvtp6bflsV-ZxgfsGuvIJWalqnelLM0oiQxrwSMV2EFOiFbv5tT6ClliR6-YHg54MvdgvlwpBNFk5-vnkBpcfIT6hzOapeFJqGFN1jsH_Y5S1CqRlzT8sO_NCBvNPqmGwvUgYr87qgzdHL3t1rkzkOHMnIi3S9/w640-h334/Benefits%20Buzz_October%202025-2.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Welcome to the&amp;nbsp;October&amp;nbsp;edition of&amp;nbsp;Benefits Buzz!&amp;nbsp;In this&amp;nbsp;issue, we dive into the latest topics related to employee benefits, wellness&amp;nbsp;programs&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;ever-evolving workplace dynamics. Stay informed and gain insights that help you make the most of your benefits package.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;This month&#39;s highlights&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Topic #1:&amp;nbsp;Medicare Part D notices&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;due&amp;nbsp;Oct. 15.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Topic #2:&amp;nbsp;ACA&amp;nbsp;pay-or-play&amp;nbsp;penalties will increase for 2026&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Download the full story&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;For an in-depth look at this month&#39;s topics, download the PDF below. Dive deeper into the advice and guidance that can help you&amp;nbsp;leverage&amp;nbsp;your&amp;nbsp;organization’s&amp;nbsp;benefits to their&amp;nbsp;fullest&amp;nbsp;potential.&amp;nbsp;Don&#39;t&amp;nbsp;miss out on&amp;nbsp;valuable insights that could improve your professional and personal life.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/download/blog/793208-benefits-buzz-newsletter-october-2025/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/download/blog/793208-benefits-buzz-newsletter-october-2025/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;[Download the Full Story PDF]&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stay informed, stay&amp;nbsp;empowered&amp;nbsp;and make the most of your benefits with&amp;nbsp;Benefits Buzz! Be sure to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/company/trueplanadvisors&quot; href=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/company/trueplanadvisors&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;follow us on LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for monthly updates and never&amp;nbsp;miss out on&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;latest&amp;nbsp;benefits news.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have questions,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;contact TruePlan&lt;/a&gt;. Our team of advisors can help you with questions within the scope of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;employee benefits&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Read our last&amp;nbsp;Benefits Buzz&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/09/benefits-buzz-september-2025.html&quot; href=&quot;https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/09/benefits-buzz-september-2025.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;last month&#39;s ACA pay-or-play and DOL updates.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;This content is for informational purposes only. It has been partially generated from an AI language model, which may not always be exhaustive or tailored to individual circumstances. We encourage you to contact one of our experts for more information. We assume no liability arising from any use of this content.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/10/benefits-buzz-october-2025.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Courtney Yule)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX0yfi6eikaY_zsLyqKzK_HoYmASPGG8Cvtp6bflsV-ZxgfsGuvIJWalqnelLM0oiQxrwSMV2EFOiFbv5tT6ClliR6-YHg54MvdgvlwpBNFk5-vnkBpcfIT6hzOapeFJqGFN1jsH_Y5S1CqRlzT8sO_NCBvNPqmGwvUgYr87qgzdHL3t1rkzkOHMnIi3S9/s72-w640-h334-c/Benefits%20Buzz_October%202025-2.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>New York, NY, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>40.7127753 -74.0059728</georss:point><georss:box>12.402541463821152 -109.1622228 69.023009136178842 -38.849722799999995</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571121232888966911.post-7815815401541715048</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-11-26T10:17:04.334-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Roth</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">SECURE 2.0</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">SECURE 2.0 Act</category><title>SECURE 2.0 Act: Key details plan sponsors must know on Roth catch-up</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEAqXrMEYFzm_tHQ0ZJxU6WQmxAS42sbrz9zThHgCExv4Pi5-eiBWaKbBv2ZlaK3Vp9w1gKEg1TicN8sjdl9-N_GfAIL564UcB3b8U1Cm4igOH87JmPPbD5XIl7hOfm6jv-VU_VqHLXEy3Kezq-ERPButpOtna9O-MZCU8ITmnKDkqTVH2nmR_Wn5clIw/s1200/New%20Blog_Roth%20Catch-Up%20Rule%202026-2.jpeg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Roth catch-up final regulations&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;628&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;334&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEAqXrMEYFzm_tHQ0ZJxU6WQmxAS42sbrz9zThHgCExv4Pi5-eiBWaKbBv2ZlaK3Vp9w1gKEg1TicN8sjdl9-N_GfAIL564UcB3b8U1Cm4igOH87JmPPbD5XIl7hOfm6jv-VU_VqHLXEy3Kezq-ERPButpOtna9O-MZCU8ITmnKDkqTVH2nmR_Wn5clIw/w640-h334/New%20Blog_Roth%20Catch-Up%20Rule%202026-2.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;SECURE 2.0 Act&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;continues to impact the retirement landscape, and one of its most impactful provisions — the Roth catch-up contribution requirement for higher earners — is effective in 2026. With final regulations issued in mid-September, plan sponsors now have clarity on how to prepare for implementation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Background: Understanding catch-up contributions and Roth&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Catch-up contributions&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;allow participants aged 50 and older to contribute additional amounts to their retirement plans beyond the standard IRS limits. These contributions help older workers boost their retirement savings as they approach retirement age.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Roth contribution&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;is made with after-tax dollars, meaning the participant pays taxes upfront, but qualified withdrawals are tax-free. Catch-up contributions could traditionally be made on a pre-tax or Roth basis.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Under the&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;SECURE 2.0 Act&lt;/i&gt;, participants earning more than&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;$150,000 in FICA wages&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;in the prior year must make any catch-up contributions in the form of Roth starting in&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;2026&lt;/b&gt;. Initially slated for 2024, the rule was delayed, giving plan sponsors time to adjust.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Main takeaways from the final regulations&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3&gt;2026 is a good-faith year&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;While the Roth catch-up requirement officially begins in 2026, the IRS has clarified that&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;2026 will be treated as a good-faith compliance year&lt;/b&gt;. Sponsors are expected to make reasonable efforts to comply, even if full implementation isn&#39;t perfect yet.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;FICA wage requirement&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Roth catch-up mandate applies to participants with&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;FICA wages more than $150,000&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;(indexed for inflation) in the prior year. These wages are reported in&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Box 3 of Form W-2&lt;/b&gt;, and the rule applies separately to each employer. Plans may optionally&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;aggregate wages&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;across controlled groups and/or affiliated employers using a common paymaster, but this is not required and must be stated as such in the plan document.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Deemed Roth catch-up election&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Plans may implement a&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;deemed Roth election&lt;/b&gt;, meaning participants subject to the Roth requirement are automatically treated as having elected Roth catch-up contributions at the time of their deferral election. However, participants must still have an&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;effective opportunity&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;to make a different election. This deemed election simplifies administration, but it must be communicated clearly to participants to avoid confusion.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Reminder: Correction procedures&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mistakes will happen, especially in the early stages of implementation. The IRS provides two correction methods for Roth catch-up designation errors:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol start=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;W-2 correction method:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Transfer the contribution to the Roth account and report it as Roth on the W-2.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;In-plan Roth rollover method:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Roll the contribution into the Roth account and report it on Form 1099-R.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, the&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Self-Correction Program (SCP)&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;allows sponsors to fix certain errors without IRS involvement, provided the plan has adequate internal controls. Corrections need not be made if the missed Roth deferral is less than $250, or if the $150,000 FICA threshold is not surpassed until wage adjustments are made after the correction deadline.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Call to action for plan sponsors&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;With 2026 approaching, sponsors should take proactive steps:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Payroll coding:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;Ensure payroll systems can identify participants subject to the Roth catch-up requirement and properly code contributions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Participation communication:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Educate employees — especially those near or above the wage threshold — about the changes and their options.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Final thoughts&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Roth catch-up rule under the&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;SECURE 2.0 Act&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a significant shift, but with the final regulations in hand and a good-faith compliance year ahead, sponsors have a clear path forward. Sponsors can ensure a smooth transition and continued plan integrity by updating systems, educating participants and preparing for potential corrections.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have any questions,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;contact our team&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to speak with one of our retirement plan consultants. To learn more, check out our SECURE 2.0 Discussion Series, using&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2023/02/secure-20-discussion-series-session-one_20.html?_gl=1*grz2sy*_gcl_au*OTM4NDU0Mzk0LjE3NTQ1ODU5ODA.*_ga*NjQ1MDA3MzMuMTc1NDU4NTk3OQ..*_ga_8K8037CFM8*czE3NTg1NjA5NzMkbzMyJGcxJHQxNzU4NTYzMzYxJGo1NCRsMCRoMA..&quot; href=&quot;https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2023/02/secure-20-discussion-series-session-one_20.html?_gl=1*grz2sy*_gcl_au*OTM4NDU0Mzk0LjE3NTQ1ODU5ODA.*_ga*NjQ1MDA3MzMuMTc1NDU4NTk3OQ..*_ga_8K8037CFM8*czE3NTg1NjA5NzMkbzMyJGcxJHQxNzU4NTYzMzYxJGo1NCRsMCRoMA..&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;session one&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2023/04/secure-20-discussion-series-session-two_24.html?_gl=1*grz2sy*_gcl_au*OTM4NDU0Mzk0LjE3NTQ1ODU5ODA.*_ga*NjQ1MDA3MzMuMTc1NDU4NTk3OQ..*_ga_8K8037CFM8*czE3NTg1NjA5NzMkbzMyJGcxJHQxNzU4NTYzMzYxJGo1NCRsMCRoMA..&quot; href=&quot;https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2023/04/secure-20-discussion-series-session-two_24.html?_gl=1*grz2sy*_gcl_au*OTM4NDU0Mzk0LjE3NTQ1ODU5ODA.*_ga*NjQ1MDA3MzMuMTc1NDU4NTk3OQ..*_ga_8K8037CFM8*czE3NTg1NjA5NzMkbzMyJGcxJHQxNzU4NTYzMzYxJGo1NCRsMCRoMA..&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;session two&lt;/a&gt;. Please note that we are not attorneys and as such, we do not and cannot provide legal advice on this topic.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/09/roth-catch-up-rule.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Courtney Yule)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEAqXrMEYFzm_tHQ0ZJxU6WQmxAS42sbrz9zThHgCExv4Pi5-eiBWaKbBv2ZlaK3Vp9w1gKEg1TicN8sjdl9-N_GfAIL564UcB3b8U1Cm4igOH87JmPPbD5XIl7hOfm6jv-VU_VqHLXEy3Kezq-ERPButpOtna9O-MZCU8ITmnKDkqTVH2nmR_Wn5clIw/s72-w640-h334-c/New%20Blog_Roth%20Catch-Up%20Rule%202026-2.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>New York, NY, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>40.7127753 -74.0059728</georss:point><georss:box>12.402541463821152 -109.1622228 69.023009136178842 -38.849722799999995</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571121232888966911.post-5781832693583805518</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 19:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-09-18T15:17:21.695-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">employee benefit plans</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Employee Benefits</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">OBBBA</category><title>The OBBBA and employee benefits changes</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGAz1RnyujNwtm6-VPfQyNYoQvvuavMMBY39IfYzo0jJWqYIwFWofCntoccirEIP_CtyW6WLa9qVOYNT5iaEucnHvyxMt2MO7_IHFqVFx3aiPBGZrfaQ0HM8hgY7g7aRxec46bdThvs3-MGFt177EXC-lLjL1Rsd-gq9bcYWHYX1a-yip6qIykppDTGbLn/s1200/New%20Blog_The%20OBBBA%20and%20employee%20benefits%20changes-2.jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;The OBBBA and employee benefits changes&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;628&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;334&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGAz1RnyujNwtm6-VPfQyNYoQvvuavMMBY39IfYzo0jJWqYIwFWofCntoccirEIP_CtyW6WLa9qVOYNT5iaEucnHvyxMt2MO7_IHFqVFx3aiPBGZrfaQ0HM8hgY7g7aRxec46bdThvs3-MGFt177EXC-lLjL1Rsd-gq9bcYWHYX1a-yip6qIykppDTGbLn/w640-h334/New%20Blog_The%20OBBBA%20and%20employee%20benefits%20changes-2.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;President Trump signed the &lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eas&quot; href=&quot;https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eas&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)&lt;/a&gt; into law this summer. The OBBBA contains changes for employee benefit plans, including:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Health savings account (HSA) expansion:&lt;/b&gt; Effective Jan. 1, HSA eligibility will allow individuals with direct primary care (DPC) arrangements to make HSA contributions if their monthly fees are $150 or less ($300 or less for family coverage). Also, DPC fees will be treated as medical care expenses that can be paid using HSA funds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;High-deductible health plan (HDHP) telehealth exceptions:&lt;/b&gt; A pandemic-related relief measure temporarily allowed HDHPs to waive the deductible for telehealth services without impacting HSA eligibility. The OBBBA permanently extends the ability of HDHPs to provide benefits for telehealth and other remote care services before plan deductibles have been met, without jeopardizing HSA eligibility. This extension applies to plan years beginning after Dec. 31, 2024.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs):&lt;/b&gt; Effective Jan. 1, the maximum annual limit for dependent care FSAs increases to $7,500 for single individuals and married couples filing jointly and $3,750 for married individuals filing separately (up from $5,000 and $2,500, respectively).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Educational assistance programs: &lt;/b&gt;The option to use educational assistance programs for student loans was set to expire on Dec. 31. The OBBBA permanently extends this option.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trump Accounts:&lt;/b&gt; Effective in 2026, “Trump Accounts” are a tax-advantaged savings account for children under age 18. Annual contributions are limited to $5,000 per child and employers may contribute up to $2,500 to the account of an employee or an employee’s dependent.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have questions, &lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;contact TruePlan&lt;/a&gt;. Our team of advisors can help you with questions within the scope of &lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;employee benefits&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/09/obbba-employee-benefits.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Courtney Yule)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGAz1RnyujNwtm6-VPfQyNYoQvvuavMMBY39IfYzo0jJWqYIwFWofCntoccirEIP_CtyW6WLa9qVOYNT5iaEucnHvyxMt2MO7_IHFqVFx3aiPBGZrfaQ0HM8hgY7g7aRxec46bdThvs3-MGFt177EXC-lLjL1Rsd-gq9bcYWHYX1a-yip6qIykppDTGbLn/s72-w640-h334-c/New%20Blog_The%20OBBBA%20and%20employee%20benefits%20changes-2.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>New York, NY, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>40.7127753 -74.0059728</georss:point><georss:box>12.402541463821152 -109.1622228 69.023009136178842 -38.849722799999995</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571121232888966911.post-4762301955245903287</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 19:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-09-18T15:09:55.068-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Form 5500</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Medicare</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Medicare Part D</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Part D notices</category><title>2026 Medicare Part D notices and creditable coverage changes checklist</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQuqzVlyxDG-gX1BEwSJrrm4f6Dd2YXygiIX0mSsqi1oOVBCKiHGJXYnwQlaT2MUbIzmRf4H9ZiQgP0W8yG0d563iPY1C0xMM_fNg-VrteM4Z0ZCY6wKEw7MtSaoY_JVa_KKskv9VZtPjmfl6sdaPkFmePPKdkpIYsnaH0rD0LoTScFZjG0cwEjdeE5vD5/s1200/New%20Blog_Template-2%20(2).jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;2026 Medicare Part D notices and creditable coverage changes checklist&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;628&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;334&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQuqzVlyxDG-gX1BEwSJrrm4f6Dd2YXygiIX0mSsqi1oOVBCKiHGJXYnwQlaT2MUbIzmRf4H9ZiQgP0W8yG0d563iPY1C0xMM_fNg-VrteM4Z0ZCY6wKEw7MtSaoY_JVa_KKskv9VZtPjmfl6sdaPkFmePPKdkpIYsnaH0rD0LoTScFZjG0cwEjdeE5vD5/w640-h334/New%20Blog_Template-2%20(2).jpeg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Reminder: Oct. 15 deadline&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;The deadline to distribute Part D notices and the extended Form 5500 filing deadline for calendar year plans is Oct. 15. This deadline applies to employers with group health plans that provide prescription drug coverage and those with calendar year employee benefit plans that previously requested an extension of time to file their Form 5500, respectively.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/download/blog/oct-15-deadline-approaching-for-part-d-notices-and-form-5500-extensions&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;[Get information on the Oct.15 deadline]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Checklist to prepare for Medicare Part D creditable cover changes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 brought significant changes to Medicare Part D plans, which will affect the creditable coverage status of employer-sponsored prescription drug coverage for 2026. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This checklist is designed to help employers understand the implications of the new creditable coverage methodologies, assess their current plan’s creditable coverage status and identify necessary adjustments to comply with federal requirements and support their Part D-eligible participants.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/download/blog/919171-checklist-preparing-for-medicare-part-d-creditable-coverage-changes-in-2026&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;[Access the Part D creditable cover changes]&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have questions, &lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;contact TruePlan&lt;/a&gt;. Our team of advisors can help you with questions within the scope of &lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;employee benefits&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/09/2026-medicare-part-d-changes.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Courtney Yule)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQuqzVlyxDG-gX1BEwSJrrm4f6Dd2YXygiIX0mSsqi1oOVBCKiHGJXYnwQlaT2MUbIzmRf4H9ZiQgP0W8yG0d563iPY1C0xMM_fNg-VrteM4Z0ZCY6wKEw7MtSaoY_JVa_KKskv9VZtPjmfl6sdaPkFmePPKdkpIYsnaH0rD0LoTScFZjG0cwEjdeE5vD5/s72-w640-h334-c/New%20Blog_Template-2%20(2).jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>New York, NY, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>40.7127753 -74.0059728</georss:point><georss:box>12.402541463821152 -109.1622228 69.023009136178842 -38.849722799999995</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571121232888966911.post-6777929292300373424</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-09-18T15:00:43.061-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Open Enrollment</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">open enrollment 2026</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Open Enrollment Communication</category><title>Open enrollment 2026: Compliance chart with benefit notices</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-x5XWJDkTXVRrFKUG3xHIcYiECtvl5ILSaXTKplVVyCWxGTkKcGjtmjZDJ1Kmz1I54Gf3U-27jHNJTbLx_swCET4j95k9cG7ZJkj1jG81WphcxcqwE9R1tjZP_5EW7zyZGJGqRuKvw6WzD0eA-3zqL2BJ8MS4B_vATycXijkK0w9_wYWohc55VNcN_UN/s1200/New%20Blog_Compliance%20overview%20chart-2.jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Open enrollment 2026 compliance chart with benefit notices&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;628&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;334&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-x5XWJDkTXVRrFKUG3xHIcYiECtvl5ILSaXTKplVVyCWxGTkKcGjtmjZDJ1Kmz1I54Gf3U-27jHNJTbLx_swCET4j95k9cG7ZJkj1jG81WphcxcqwE9R1tjZP_5EW7zyZGJGqRuKvw6WzD0eA-3zqL2BJ8MS4B_vATycXijkK0w9_wYWohc55VNcN_UN/w640-h334/New%20Blog_Compliance%20overview%20chart-2.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;This compliance overview includes a chart that summarizes the benefit notices that employers should provide in connection with their health plans’ 2026 open enrollment periods.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/download/blog/open-enrollment-2026-benefit-notices &quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;[Get the resource here]&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have questions, &lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;contact TruePlan&lt;/a&gt;. Our team of advisors can help you with questions within the scope of &lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;employee benefits&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/09/open-enrollment-compliance-chart-2026.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Courtney Yule)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-x5XWJDkTXVRrFKUG3xHIcYiECtvl5ILSaXTKplVVyCWxGTkKcGjtmjZDJ1Kmz1I54Gf3U-27jHNJTbLx_swCET4j95k9cG7ZJkj1jG81WphcxcqwE9R1tjZP_5EW7zyZGJGqRuKvw6WzD0eA-3zqL2BJ8MS4B_vATycXijkK0w9_wYWohc55VNcN_UN/s72-w640-h334-c/New%20Blog_Compliance%20overview%20chart-2.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>New York, NY, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>40.7127753 -74.0059728</georss:point><georss:box>12.402541463821152 -109.1622228 69.023009136178842 -38.849722799999995</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571121232888966911.post-8298725687078122301</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 18:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-09-18T14:52:45.591-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Open Enrollment</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">open enrollment 2026</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Open Enrollment Communication</category><title>Early preparation is crucial for 2026 open enrollment</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzYRuoSv2k6UltBvKIEpqdHWff2GeH7g-Sqw9HNCCMqnfi320erbsh7rxjmiLye6qfxMkWtMh-foobAQ2oov_4dhDdTASIiP6U-tbRlNLLSPxZyIdm-Q9YkRcOE1yIsLQlXQvRrucYhpRi3PkPnCG0ivxKycBRwQ-DxN2SimbEbxlOAgIn00neEcxwyjT/s1200/New%20Blog_Early%20preparation%20is%20crucial%20for%202026-2.jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Early preparation is crucial for 2026 open enrollment&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;628&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;334&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzYRuoSv2k6UltBvKIEpqdHWff2GeH7g-Sqw9HNCCMqnfi320erbsh7rxjmiLye6qfxMkWtMh-foobAQ2oov_4dhDdTASIiP6U-tbRlNLLSPxZyIdm-Q9YkRcOE1yIsLQlXQvRrucYhpRi3PkPnCG0ivxKycBRwQ-DxN2SimbEbxlOAgIn00neEcxwyjT/w640-h334/New%20Blog_Early%20preparation%20is%20crucial%20for%202026-2.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;With the 2026 open enrollment season around the corner, employers have an opportunity to develop attractive benefits offerings and proactively communicate with employees to help them understand what’s available.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The article linked below outlines how employers can thoughtfully kick off open enrollment efforts, including offering competitive benefits to meet workforce needs, crafting employee messaging and effectively communicating benefits offerings.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/download/blog/early-preparation-is-crucial-for-2026-open-enrollment/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;[Prepare for open enrollment]&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have questions, &lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;contact TruePlan&lt;/a&gt;. Our team of advisors can help you with questions within the scope of &lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;employee benefits&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/09/open-enrollment-early-preparation-2026.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Courtney Yule)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzYRuoSv2k6UltBvKIEpqdHWff2GeH7g-Sqw9HNCCMqnfi320erbsh7rxjmiLye6qfxMkWtMh-foobAQ2oov_4dhDdTASIiP6U-tbRlNLLSPxZyIdm-Q9YkRcOE1yIsLQlXQvRrucYhpRi3PkPnCG0ivxKycBRwQ-DxN2SimbEbxlOAgIn00neEcxwyjT/s72-w640-h334-c/New%20Blog_Early%20preparation%20is%20crucial%20for%202026-2.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>New York, NY, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>40.7127753 -74.0059728</georss:point><georss:box>12.402541463821152 -109.1622228 69.023009136178842 -38.849722799999995</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571121232888966911.post-2669597349966322718</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 18:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-09-18T14:46:37.110-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Employee Benefits Offerings</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Open Enrollment</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">open enrollment 2026</category><title>2026 Open enrollment plan design changes and checklist</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc0SyWBZUyRBF8q3hjnP4fS6PS2YBS5V6WsYQzcbem8mc3hA9gDfuTpNP5iA0hzHOXQWhc-TrozjJhby9COWGlMmBRSKlDAIaMlKm0z8g579RfQje5YSOcbTF5snoCTvEyguCHq1J2DnELSiaI5J3_QdMBo0H41FmkiI5ndmHuOZAwCs3EvfOCUaJ7uu6R/s1200/New%20Blog_2026%20Open%20Enrollment%20Checklist-2.jpeg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;2026 Open Enrollment Checklist&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;628&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;334&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc0SyWBZUyRBF8q3hjnP4fS6PS2YBS5V6WsYQzcbem8mc3hA9gDfuTpNP5iA0hzHOXQWhc-TrozjJhby9COWGlMmBRSKlDAIaMlKm0z8g579RfQje5YSOcbTF5snoCTvEyguCHq1J2DnELSiaI5J3_QdMBo0H41FmkiI5ndmHuOZAwCs3EvfOCUaJ7uu6R/w640-h334/New%20Blog_2026%20Open%20Enrollment%20Checklist-2.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;To prepare for open enrollment, employers should be aware of the legal changes affecting the design and administration of their health plans for plan years beginning on or after Jan. 1. This compliance overview includes an open enrollment checklist for the 2026 plan year.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/download/blog/2026-open-enrollment-checklist/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;[Get the checklist here]&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have questions, &lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;contact TruePlan&lt;/a&gt;. Our team of advisors can help you with questions within the scope of &lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;employee benefits&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/09/2026-open-enrollment-checklist.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Courtney Yule)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc0SyWBZUyRBF8q3hjnP4fS6PS2YBS5V6WsYQzcbem8mc3hA9gDfuTpNP5iA0hzHOXQWhc-TrozjJhby9COWGlMmBRSKlDAIaMlKm0z8g579RfQje5YSOcbTF5snoCTvEyguCHq1J2DnELSiaI5J3_QdMBo0H41FmkiI5ndmHuOZAwCs3EvfOCUaJ7uu6R/s72-w640-h334-c/New%20Blog_2026%20Open%20Enrollment%20Checklist-2.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>New York, NY, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>40.7127753 -74.0059728</georss:point><georss:box>12.402541463821152 -109.1622228 69.023009136178842 -38.849722799999995</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571121232888966911.post-327429965044701826</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 18:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-09-18T14:28:03.674-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Benefits Buzz</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">CHIP</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">DOL</category><title>September 2025 Benefits Buzz: ACA pay-or-play and DOL update</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg81mP7pK3Dm39gb0ElyHY7U2OL-77TIrl_XGqa3gHP7QTWWaZWAOc2Un5p-OC3g7Wf7b8_vdcdrVdijoIozv5r-Zok6y6rswhtqzXqq9VphnMbL17DLZGeHu9o6mN9yCZd7mmg8jBPO-s03iLtg3Qv5LyU0eXwkDBhTIvk2P3S9p4puI-H3Virb7-wBzrN/s1200/Benefits%20Buzz_September%202025-2.jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;September 2025 Benefits Buzz&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;628&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;334&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg81mP7pK3Dm39gb0ElyHY7U2OL-77TIrl_XGqa3gHP7QTWWaZWAOc2Un5p-OC3g7Wf7b8_vdcdrVdijoIozv5r-Zok6y6rswhtqzXqq9VphnMbL17DLZGeHu9o6mN9yCZd7mmg8jBPO-s03iLtg3Qv5LyU0eXwkDBhTIvk2P3S9p4puI-H3Virb7-wBzrN/w640-h334/Benefits%20Buzz_September%202025-2.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Welcome to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/download/blog/793206-benefits-buzz-newsletter-september-2025&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;September edition of Benefits Buzz&lt;/a&gt;! In this issue, we dive into the latest topics related to employee benefits, wellness programs and ever-evolving workplace dynamics. Stay informed and gain insights that help you make the most of your benefits package.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;This month&#39;s highlights&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Topic #1: &lt;/b&gt;Pay-or-play affordability percentage will increase in 2026.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Topic #2: &lt;/b&gt;DOL updates model employer CHIP notice.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Download the full story&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;For an in-depth look at this month&#39;s topics, download the PDF below. Dive deeper into the advice and guidance that can help you leverage your benefits to their fullest potential. Don&#39;t miss out on valuable insights that could improve your professional and personal life.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/download/blog/793206-benefits-buzz-newsletter-september-2025&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;[Download the Full Story PDF]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stay informed, stay empowered and make the most of your benefits with Benefits Buzz! Be sure to &lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/company/trueplanadvisors&quot; href=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/company/trueplanadvisors&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;follow us on LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt; for monthly updates and never miss out on the latest in benefits news.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have questions, &lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;contact TruePlan&lt;/a&gt;. Our team of advisors can help you with questions within the scope of &lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;employee benefits&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Read our last Benefits Buzz on the &lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/08/benefits-buzz-august-2025.html&quot; href=&quot;https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/08/benefits-buzz-august-2025.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;OBBBA&#39;s changes.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;This content is for informational purposes only. It has been partially generated from an AI language model, which may not always be exhaustive or tailored to individual circumstances. We encourage you to contact one of our experts for more information. We assume no liability arising from any use of this content.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/09/benefits-buzz-september-2025.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Courtney Yule)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg81mP7pK3Dm39gb0ElyHY7U2OL-77TIrl_XGqa3gHP7QTWWaZWAOc2Un5p-OC3g7Wf7b8_vdcdrVdijoIozv5r-Zok6y6rswhtqzXqq9VphnMbL17DLZGeHu9o6mN9yCZd7mmg8jBPO-s03iLtg3Qv5LyU0eXwkDBhTIvk2P3S9p4puI-H3Virb7-wBzrN/s72-w640-h334-c/Benefits%20Buzz_September%202025-2.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>New York, NY, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>40.7127753 -74.0059728</georss:point><georss:box>12.402541463821152 -109.1622228 69.023009136178842 -38.849722799999995</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571121232888966911.post-2134196082617405133</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 21:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-08-27T17:04:50.385-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Benefits Buzz</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Employee Benefits</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">OBBBA</category><title>August 2025 Benefits Buzz: OBBB Act’s changes</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNrYIWLjj3jaI4d-SxRQJXcBY1k1CXWYUnKqF0T7Fbp5sd-_8aT6LLEqcIsjRADOje71HEdJ4tIm3VblPPEzgc5nPLsf8cDukGau-t8INF2UTROn8SCDUQf06DLqmi92l8nc8q2stAXyqXCveUCpXs9oObNBEnkaIbJi_zsDcZ4fPIRXkHh2cHsACJgRp/s1200/Benefits%20Buzz_Template-2%20(1).jpeg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;August 2025 Benefits Buzz&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;628&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;334&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNrYIWLjj3jaI4d-SxRQJXcBY1k1CXWYUnKqF0T7Fbp5sd-_8aT6LLEqcIsjRADOje71HEdJ4tIm3VblPPEzgc5nPLsf8cDukGau-t8INF2UTROn8SCDUQf06DLqmi92l8nc8q2stAXyqXCveUCpXs9oObNBEnkaIbJi_zsDcZ4fPIRXkHh2cHsACJgRp/w640-h334/Benefits%20Buzz_Template-2%20(1).jpeg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Welcome to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/download/blog/793169-benefits-buzz-newsletter-august-2025/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;August edition of Benefits Buzz&lt;/a&gt;! In this monthly issue, we dive into the latest topics related to employee benefits, wellness programs and ever-evolving workplace dynamics. Stay informed and gain insights that help you make the most of your benefits package.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;This month&#39;s highlights&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Topic #1: OBBBA’s changes for employee benefit plans.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Topic #2: U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the ACA’s preventive care mandate.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Download the full story&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Download the PDF below for an in-depth look at this month&#39;s topics. Dive deeper into the advice and guidance that can help you leverage your benefits to their fullest potential. Don&#39;t miss out on valuable insights that could improve your professional and personal life.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/download/blog/793169-benefits-buzz-newsletter-august-2025/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;[Download the Full Story PDF]&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stay informed, stay empowered and make the most of your benefits with Benefits Buzz! Be sure to &lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/company/trueplanadvisors&quot; href=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/company/trueplanadvisors&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;follow us on LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt; for monthly updates and never miss out on the latest in benefits news.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have questions, &lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;contact TruePlan&lt;/a&gt;. Our team of advisors can help you with questions within the scope of &lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;employee benefits&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Read our last Benefits Buzz on &lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/07/benefits-buzz-july-2025.html&quot; href=&quot;https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/07/benefits-buzz-july-2025.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;U.S. Supreme Court updates and PCORI fees deadlines&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;This content is for informational purposes only. It has been partially generated from an AI language model, which may not always be exhaustive or tailored to individual circumstances. We encourage you to contact one of our experts for more information. We assume no liability arising from any use of this content.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/08/benefits-buzz-august-2025.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Courtney Yule)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNrYIWLjj3jaI4d-SxRQJXcBY1k1CXWYUnKqF0T7Fbp5sd-_8aT6LLEqcIsjRADOje71HEdJ4tIm3VblPPEzgc5nPLsf8cDukGau-t8INF2UTROn8SCDUQf06DLqmi92l8nc8q2stAXyqXCveUCpXs9oObNBEnkaIbJi_zsDcZ4fPIRXkHh2cHsACJgRp/s72-w640-h334-c/Benefits%20Buzz_Template-2%20(1).jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>New York, NY, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>40.7127753 -74.0059728</georss:point><georss:box>12.402541463821152 -109.1622228 69.023009136178842 -38.849722799999995</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571121232888966911.post-2701185321113357585</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 20:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-08-27T16:39:12.141-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">HHS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">insurance</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">prior authorization reform</category><title>HHS announces support from insurers for changes to prior authorization</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPregefYuIkDY3-YN9sQeGDjVlk8gYNdv10iOWH06tpXMAFN9tadMGBcfEeLD1kk_fMgWK0IkwXz-JZJ7zKdlTd7fapsuA6pWMewmPCZvPlU-CUOARFae8GAZd5Tgzql5nTfJ17Iwh65tKXr3ZK2HcgVFBdEkwAiXvEXsOnK1vSCwtLHpx1nNyIiAIqI4w/s1200/New%20Blog_Template-2%20(1).jpeg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;HHS announces support from insurers&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;628&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;334&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPregefYuIkDY3-YN9sQeGDjVlk8gYNdv10iOWH06tpXMAFN9tadMGBcfEeLD1kk_fMgWK0IkwXz-JZJ7zKdlTd7fapsuA6pWMewmPCZvPlU-CUOARFae8GAZd5Tgzql5nTfJ17Iwh65tKXr3ZK2HcgVFBdEkwAiXvEXsOnK1vSCwtLHpx1nNyIiAIqI4w/w640-h334/New%20Blog_Template-2%20(1).jpeg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced this summer that the country’s largest health insurers have voluntarily pledged to standardize and reform their prior authorization processes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/download/blog/hhs-announces-support-from-insurers-for-changes-to-prior-authorization&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;[Get the news brief here]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have questions, &lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;contact TruePlan&lt;/a&gt;. Our team of advisors can help you with questions within the scope of &lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;employee benefits&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;This content is for informational purposes only. It has been partially generated from an AI language model, which may not always be exhaustive or tailored to individual circumstances. We encourage you to contact one of our experts for more information. We assume no liability arising from any use of this content.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/08/hhs-announces-insurer-support.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Courtney Yule)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPregefYuIkDY3-YN9sQeGDjVlk8gYNdv10iOWH06tpXMAFN9tadMGBcfEeLD1kk_fMgWK0IkwXz-JZJ7zKdlTd7fapsuA6pWMewmPCZvPlU-CUOARFae8GAZd5Tgzql5nTfJ17Iwh65tKXr3ZK2HcgVFBdEkwAiXvEXsOnK1vSCwtLHpx1nNyIiAIqI4w/s72-w640-h334-c/New%20Blog_Template-2%20(1).jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>New York, NY, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>40.7127753 -74.0059728</georss:point><georss:box>12.402541463821152 -109.1622228 69.023009136178842 -38.849722799999995</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571121232888966911.post-8296940155689197411</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 20:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-08-27T16:29:53.664-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ACA</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Affordable Care Act</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">HHS</category><title>HHS revises cost-sharing limits for 2026 plan years</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBlD5Yfqv7A7GSjcW5I7c-Q10BlV2iFZHOxvDF7HmogA5KxVQyCV9d9rz2kLzb1-N4OUUp8q8Pjz74b6lZXNHdacWd-iaWNfx2MsEtmCVi-gPyPk5sn8LNAapeUylj0PA3lUxaJU1F5M0l9mn8jmxKMR2FDByWx45rU-r3j3y-CEwUzydGBZcX2kvH4KY2/s1200/New%20Blog_HHS%20Revises%20Cost-Sharing-2.jpeg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;HHS revises cost-sharing limits for 2026 plan years&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;628&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;334&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBlD5Yfqv7A7GSjcW5I7c-Q10BlV2iFZHOxvDF7HmogA5KxVQyCV9d9rz2kLzb1-N4OUUp8q8Pjz74b6lZXNHdacWd-iaWNfx2MsEtmCVi-gPyPk5sn8LNAapeUylj0PA3lUxaJU1F5M0l9mn8jmxKMR2FDByWx45rU-r3j3y-CEwUzydGBZcX2kvH4KY2/w640-h334/New%20Blog_HHS%20Revises%20Cost-Sharing-2.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;U.S. Health &amp;amp; Human Services Department (HHS) recently published a final rule that updates how the Affordable Care Act (ACA’s) maximum annual limitation on cost sharing is calculated. Based on this update, HHS revised the maximum cost sharing limits to $10,600 for self-only coverage and $21,200 for family coverage for 2026 plan years.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/download/blog/hhs-revises-cost-sharing-limits-for-2026-plan-years&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;[Get the legal update here]&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have questions, &lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;contact TruePlan&lt;/a&gt;. Our team of advisors can help you with questions within the scope of &lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;employee benefits&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;This content is for informational purposes only. It has been partially generated from an AI language model, which may not always be exhaustive or tailored to individual circumstances. We encourage you to contact one of our experts for more information. We assume no liability arising from any use of this content.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/08/cost-sharing-limits-2026.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Courtney Yule)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBlD5Yfqv7A7GSjcW5I7c-Q10BlV2iFZHOxvDF7HmogA5KxVQyCV9d9rz2kLzb1-N4OUUp8q8Pjz74b6lZXNHdacWd-iaWNfx2MsEtmCVi-gPyPk5sn8LNAapeUylj0PA3lUxaJU1F5M0l9mn8jmxKMR2FDByWx45rU-r3j3y-CEwUzydGBZcX2kvH4KY2/s72-w640-h334-c/New%20Blog_HHS%20Revises%20Cost-Sharing-2.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571121232888966911.post-581096834408650492</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 20:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-08-27T16:19:43.724-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">employee attraction</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">employee retention</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">job market</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">labor market</category><title>2025 State of the Market Survey: Attraction and retention insights</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZOBO0MO4LJvIw1sMqi-LKUMu7oi8RSXsDBlISzrGg5_zwNbb-Nr0inf-H5vfOdwPYzMqgGNJwbsoAZt3iz8ZVmwRcxoCPXSTnUCr5q9b_w8-H_dlkQv19RNKkSHG-SfeVPL_LPZHNqRFrPvwuv2ar57B2XNZ7FwVhg-QVhrz920KOenLUfnTkE6FaD-wk/s1200/New%20Blog_2025%20State%20of%20the%20Market%20Survey-2.jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;2025 State of the Market Survey&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;628&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;334&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZOBO0MO4LJvIw1sMqi-LKUMu7oi8RSXsDBlISzrGg5_zwNbb-Nr0inf-H5vfOdwPYzMqgGNJwbsoAZt3iz8ZVmwRcxoCPXSTnUCr5q9b_w8-H_dlkQv19RNKkSHG-SfeVPL_LPZHNqRFrPvwuv2ar57B2XNZ7FwVhg-QVhrz920KOenLUfnTkE6FaD-wk/w640-h334/New%20Blog_2025%20State%20of%20the%20Market%20Survey-2.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/download/blog/2025-state-of-the-market-attraction-and-retention-overview/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;2025 State of the Market Survey&lt;/a&gt; provides insights into employers’ perspectives on the current market landscape and broader business environment. It found key insights into:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;the current state of attraction and retention;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;what strategies employers are pursuing; and&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;how employers expect the labor market to shift during the remainder of 2025.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/download/blog/2025-state-of-the-market-attraction-and-retention-overview/&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/download/blog/2025-state-of-the-market-attraction-and-retention-overview/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;[Get the deep dive here]&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have questions, &lt;a href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;contact TruePlan&lt;/a&gt;. Our team of advisors can help you with questions within the scope of &lt;a href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;employee benefits&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;This content is for informational purposes only. It has been partially generated from an AI language model, which may not always be exhaustive or tailored to individual circumstances. We encourage you to contact one of our experts for more information. We assume no liability arising from any use of this content.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/08/attraction-retention-market-survey-2025.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Courtney Yule)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZOBO0MO4LJvIw1sMqi-LKUMu7oi8RSXsDBlISzrGg5_zwNbb-Nr0inf-H5vfOdwPYzMqgGNJwbsoAZt3iz8ZVmwRcxoCPXSTnUCr5q9b_w8-H_dlkQv19RNKkSHG-SfeVPL_LPZHNqRFrPvwuv2ar57B2XNZ7FwVhg-QVhrz920KOenLUfnTkE6FaD-wk/s72-w640-h334-c/New%20Blog_2025%20State%20of%20the%20Market%20Survey-2.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>New York, NY, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>40.7127753 -74.0059728</georss:point><georss:box>12.402541463821152 -109.1622228 69.023009136178842 -38.849722799999995</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571121232888966911.post-3267474186214447767</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 19:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-08-27T15:59:19.831-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Checklist</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Infographic</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mental Health</category><title>Summer mental health checklist: Infographic inside!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKBT0PYO3sU5pTEP2iqd3rRrka-lbkfBUfkvFvCVT9VNGLyM8S31i98CqwCy-8LsnQIvunnOoTelLAP5BpD83AbnMrerPhsTKLjdWrLtYdDa9mto0PSTB_vt5FUuNkCEN7qhvKCx093SBh2Mhar-195aIQOOkdM0Vo0XVbexusfc1AZzGkoB0k9WxeONM/s1200/New%20Blog_Summer%20Mental%20Health%20Checklist-2.jpeg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Summer mental health checklist&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;628&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;334&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKBT0PYO3sU5pTEP2iqd3rRrka-lbkfBUfkvFvCVT9VNGLyM8S31i98CqwCy-8LsnQIvunnOoTelLAP5BpD83AbnMrerPhsTKLjdWrLtYdDa9mto0PSTB_vt5FUuNkCEN7qhvKCx093SBh2Mhar-195aIQOOkdM0Vo0XVbexusfc1AZzGkoB0k9WxeONM/w640-h334/New%20Blog_Summer%20Mental%20Health%20Checklist-2.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Summer is often seen as a time for fun and relaxation, but it can also bring unique mental health challenges. Use this checklist to stay grounded, balanced and mentally well throughout the summer.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/download/blog/summer-mental-health-checklist-infographic&quot; href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/download/blog/summer-mental-health-checklist-infographic&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;[Download my FREE checklist]&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have questions,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/contact/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;contact TruePlan&lt;/a&gt;. Our team of advisors can help you with questions within the scope of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://trueplanadvisors.com/services/employee_benefits/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;employee benefits&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;This content is for informational purposes only. It has been partially generated from an AI language model, which may not always be exhaustive or tailored to individual circumstances. We encourage you to contact one of our experts for more information. We assume no liability arising from any use of this content.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://news.trueplanadvisors.com/2025/08/summer-mental-health-checklist.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Courtney Yule)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKBT0PYO3sU5pTEP2iqd3rRrka-lbkfBUfkvFvCVT9VNGLyM8S31i98CqwCy-8LsnQIvunnOoTelLAP5BpD83AbnMrerPhsTKLjdWrLtYdDa9mto0PSTB_vt5FUuNkCEN7qhvKCx093SBh2Mhar-195aIQOOkdM0Vo0XVbexusfc1AZzGkoB0k9WxeONM/s72-w640-h334-c/New%20Blog_Summer%20Mental%20Health%20Checklist-2.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>New York, NY, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>40.7127753 -74.0059728</georss:point><georss:box>12.402541463821152 -109.1622228 69.023009136178842 -38.849722799999995</georss:box></item></channel></rss>