After years of rising health costs, the healthcare marketplace clearly is ready for a fresh idea. That idea has come in the form of new incentive programs and products that engage consumers as partners in managing health costs. Health Savings Accounts are a bright new star in the field of consumer-directed health care. HSAs were created as part of the Medicare Modernization Act and became … [Read more...] about The Bright New Stars of Consumer Directed Health Care
Archives for March 2005
New Incentives
A new survey by Watson Wyatt and the National Business Group on Health finds that employers are having success in controlling health costs by providing new incentives to get employees involved in decision making. The survey said that 8% of 555 large employers surveyed now offer Health Savings Accounts and another 18% plan to offer them next year, with 47% considering them. Other consumer-directed … [Read more...] about New Incentives
Health Savings Accounts Taking Off in the Market — Despite Misgivings by Some
IN THIS ISSUE: HSA Debates in Washington, DC HSAs - "Too Powerful to Ignore" HSAs - "Increasingly Attractive" HSAs - "Exceeding Expectations" HSAs - Leading to Cash-Only Physician Practice HSA Debates in Washington, DC I spoke at several conferences and meetings last … [Read more...] about Health Savings Accounts Taking Off in the Market — Despite Misgivings by Some
Health Savings Accounts Taking Off in the Market — Despite Misgivings by Some
IN THIS ISSUE: HSA Debates in Washington, DC HSAs - "Too Powerful to Ignore" HSAs - "Increasingly Attractive" HSAs - "Exceeding Expectations" HSAs - Leading to Cash-Only Physician Practice HSA Debates in Washington, DC I spoke at several conferences and meetings last week. Two were particularly interesting. The first … [Read more...] about Health Savings Accounts Taking Off in the Market — Despite Misgivings by Some
Response to Roger Lowenstein article in The New York Times Magazine
Reporter Roger Lowenstein's March 13 article in the Magazine("The Quality Cure?") misstates the approach of "right-wingers," as he describes those who believe in a market approach to health reform. He writes that "If people paid for their own angioplasties, so the theory goes, they would have fewer of them. This is the theory behind Bush's health savings accounts..." This is inaccurate. … [Read more...] about Response to Roger Lowenstein article in The New York Times Magazine
Response to Roger Lowenstein article in The New York Times Magazine
Reporter Roger Lowenstein's March 13 article in the Magazine("The Quality Cure?") misstates the approach of "right-wingers," as he describes those who believe in a market approach to health reform. He writes that "If people paid for their own angioplasties, so the theory goes, they would have fewer of them. This is the theory behind Bush's health savings accounts..." This is … [Read more...] about Response to Roger Lowenstein article in The New York Times Magazine
The Uninsured and the Health Care Safety Net
Click here to view Grace-Marie Turner?s presentation to the NCSL/AHRQ Seminar for New State Legislators. The presentation provides a descriptive analysis of the uninsured and discuss Federal, State, local government, and private efforts to strengthen the safety net and/or establish programs to increase insurance coverage for vulnerable populations. … [Read more...] about The Uninsured and the Health Care Safety Net
Response to Peggy Noonan Article in The Wall Street Journal
Dear Sir: Peggy "A Thousand Points of Light" Noonan clearly needs a refresher course in presidential speechwriting. In her commentary, ("Way Too Much God," Jan. 21) she criticized President Bush's inaugural address for not being "more securely grounded" and lacking "specifics." Of all people, the speechwriter for the president's father should know that the point of an inaugural address is … [Read more...] about Response to Peggy Noonan Article in The Wall Street Journal