Health Insurance Daily

Taking A Fresh Look At Your Benefits

If you haven't already, you'll soon be getting materials from your employer for your company's open enrollment season – the time when employees look at their benefit choices and determine whether to make any change for 2007.

More than ever, this is an annual fall ritual that you should take seriously because more of the responsibility is being put on employees to fund their health care as companies seek to cut costs in every way they can.

"In this age of 'consumerism,' open enrollment is often the one time of year when employees have the chance to act like true consumers by evaluating their benefits coverage and ensuring that they don't have gaps or costly overlaps in coverage," said physician Ronald Leopold, vice president of MetLife's institutional business.

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posted by Mike @ 9:55 AM