Tips for a stress-free open enrollment

By Jeremy Miller, Founder and President, FSAstore.com

Open enrollment can be a stressful time for both employees and benefits professionals. With an abundance of information to digest about available health plan options, spending accounts, and supplemental benefits, employees are often overwhelmed and confused because they lack the knowledge and understanding of the available options. Spending accounts continue to garner significant interest and questions from employees during open enrollment. And for good reason: with these tax-advantaged accounts, which includes flexible spending accounts (FSAs) and health savings accounts (HSAs), employees can save big when they make contributions and use the funds for qualified expenses.