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House, Senate Bills Would Expand Health Savings Accounts
Opinion -News -In the midst of a national health-care debate over surprise billing, Medicare-for-All, the public option, and drug price transparency, a new front has been opened on Capitol Hill: expansion of health savings accounts (HSAs). -
Bills Before Congress Would Allow Use of Health Savings Accounts for Direct Primary Care Dues
Opinion -Congress is considering legislation that would modify the federal tax code to allow the use of pretax health savings accounts (HSAs) to pay for the noninsurance payment model of direct primary care (DPCs). -
Health Savings Accounts: Ten Years On
Opinion -On a wintery Monday night in Washington about 70 people gathered at a banquet to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the signing of Health Savings Accounts into law. -
Obamacare Implodes – Health savings accounts are the solution, along with a dose of impeachment.
Opinion -Health policy economists are puzzled by a persistent slowdown in the growth of health care spending that seems to have started in mid-2005, and accelerated since then. -
Health Savings Accounts Continue to Grow in Popularity
Opinion -New research from the Employment Benefits Research Institute shows health savings accounts, a key part of consumer driven health plans, continue to grow in popularity despite President Obama’s efforts to discourage their use via his health care law. -
Health Savings Accounts
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Health Savings Accounts are a way to provide affordable, flexible, consumer-directed health insurance for a population that has a growing need for quality coverage. -
Banks Offer Health Savings Accounts to Meet Customer Demand
Opinion -Customers have been asking financial institutions for Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), and according to a survey conducted by Wolters Kluwer Financial Services (WKFS), banks and credit unions are beginning to respond to those requests. -
Employer Interest in Health Savings Accounts Is Growing in Colorado
Opinion -Fifteen percent of Colorado employers offered Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) in 2007, and 23 percent considered offering one, according to a survey conducted by the Mountain States Employers Council (MSEC). "It's a good thing! -
Ohio Bank Offers Health Savings Accounts
Opinion -Huntington Bancshares, Inc., a $54 billion regional bank holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, is moving into consumer-driven health care. -
Expert Comment: Contrary to Media Reports, New Study Does Not Undermine Health Savings Accounts
Opinion -Expert comment on "How Much More Cost Sharing Will Health Savings Accounts Brings? -
President Lauds Benefits of Health Savings Accounts
Opinion -President George W. Bush delivered a major address on health care to an audience at Wendy's corporate offices in Dublin, Ohio on February 15. -
Bringing Health Savings Accounts to Medicare
Opinion -Medicare is in crisis and to date little has been done to address it. Old strategies, such as cutting provider payments, will do little to solve the problem, and may make it worse by driving the best physicians out of Medicare altogether. -
Health Savings Accounts Catching on in Connecticut
Opinion -Six months ago, whenever Stephen Glick would ask business people if they knew about health savings accounts, or HSAs, two or three people out of a hundred might raise their hands. -
State Update: Health Savings Accounts
Opinion -Connecticut Chambers of Commerce Offer HSAs ConnectiCare will soon be the first HMO plan in the country to offer a consumer-directed health plan compatible with Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). -
U.S. House Speaker Hastert Will Join Business Leaders On June 21st To Review Latest Data On Success Of Health Savings Accounts
Opinion -What: Six months after Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) were enacted into law, Assurant Health, in partnership with the National Federation of Independent Business/Illinois and the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce, will host a briefing for business -
Open Letter: Opponents Misrepresent Health Savings Accounts
Opinion -To: Members of Congress From: Greg Scandlen Subject: Recent Attacks on HSAs You have received emails from certain interest groups urging you to oppose adding Health Savings Accounts to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. -
Health Savings Accounts Are Topic of Telebriefing
Opinion -Get the Inside Scoop on HSAs! A CAHI Telebriefing, March 4, 2004 We all know that people are excited about the new Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) that were passed by Congress late last year. But now what? -
Health Savings Accounts
Opinion -Health Savings Accounts--HSAs--are the new tax-favored option for paying for medical care. HSAs are available to every individual and every employer, large and small. -
Research & Commentary: Universal Education Savings Account Legislation Offers Nebraska a Re-Do
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation introduced in the Nebraska Legislature would create a universal education savings account (ESA) program with no funding or enrollment caps open to all Nebraska families beginning with the 2026–27 school year. These accounts would cover tuition, fees, and curricula for eligible children at private and parochial schools, as well as textbooks, software, private tutoring […] -
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Congressman Proposes Cure for U.S. Health Care System
Publication -The Daily Signal: Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) issued a diagnosis for America’s broken health care system, and the congressman says the problem isn’t what people think. America’s health crisis doesn’t come from health insurance, Big Pharma, or even food additives, Roy says. “It’s the fact that politicians, bureaucrats, and corporations are all benefitting from a broken, cronyistic […] -
Research & Commentary: Push to Universalize New Hampshire’s Educational Freedom Accounts is Appropriate and Timely
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation recently introduced in the New Hampshire House of Representatives would universalize the state’s Education Freedom Accounts Program (EFA), an education savings account (ESA) program, for low- and middle-income students, and open the program up to all New Hampshire families. Access to the EFA Program, launched in 2021, is currently only open to students whose […] -
Research & Commentary: Educational Empowerment Accounts Would Transform Public Education in South Dakota for the Better
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation recently introduced in the South Dakota House of Representatives would establish an “educational empowerment account,” a type of education savings account (ESA) program, in the Mount Rushmore State. These accounts would cover tuition, fees, and curricula for children at private and parochial schools, as well as textbooks, educational therapies, online courses, computer software, and […] -
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There is a Way to Avoid Paying for Other People’s Health Care – Interview
Publication -As health care spending soars (see page 20) and health insurers increasingly delay or deny claims (see pages 7, 17), consumers are retreating to indemnity-style insurance protection, which pays a cash benefit for adverse health events. Indemnity-style health insurance is a feature of Plan for America (PFA,) a voluntary private savings proposal designed to rescue […] -
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Trump Must Use His Victory to Fix Health Care – Commentary
Publication -By Chad Savage, M.D. With the reelection of Donald Trump and the potential involvement of transformative figures like Elon Musk and Robert Kennedy Jr., the United States may have a unique opportunity to reform health care in ways not seen in generations. It’s widely recognized that our current healthcare system is severely flawed. Health care […]
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