Editor’s Picks March 3, 2008
Health Savings Accounts – A Leap of Faith
EMAILWIRE.COM, February 26, 2008
With a significant percentage of their patients on consumer-directed plans, providers would be forced to compete on cost and quality. But to reach that level of enrollment, we need a further price reduction on HSA-compatible plans. Insurance companies need to take a leap of faith. (Read More)
The ‘Worst’ Healthcare Payment Scheme
HealthLeaders Media, February 25, 2008
Maybe consumer-directed care will end up being the healthcare equivalent of what Winston Churchill said about democracy: the worst form of government–except for all the others that have been tried. (Read More)
Business Generated HSAs Surpass Individually-Purchased Offerings
managingyourhr.com, Feb, 2008
What is evident are trends showing that business managers are leaning towards HSAs as a way of reducing healthcare benefit cost while providing support for staff members. (Read More)
Health Savings Accounts Offer Employers and Workers a Tool for Cutting Premium Costs; Not Coverage
EVliving.com - Feb 25, 2008
Health Savings Accounts offer employers and workers a tool for cutting premium costs but not coverage, Neelman says. “At the same time, the accounts put control of health care decisions – and costs – back in the hands of workers.” (Read More)