A new option to help reduce health costs is the buzz in corporate boardrooms and in small businesses across America in their desperate effort to reduce soaring insurance costs. They are looking at Health Savings Accounts to provide a different set of incentives in financing health care for their employees. The U.S. Treasury Department has been ?overwhelmed? by inquiries from companies who are … [Read more...] about Health Savings Accounts Gain Popularity
How Prescription Drug Law Works
It was distressing to read that Rep. James Moran thinks that the new Medicare Drug Discount Cards will be of little value to seniors. Recent studies showing the full value of the program to seniors contradict that view. For example: The Business Roundtable (BRT) did a state-by-state analysis and found that 2,168 seniors in Rep. Moran's 8th congressional district are eligible for the $600 cash … [Read more...] about How Prescription Drug Law Works
Studies Show Temporary Drug Program Offers Value to Seniors
Heated criticism of the new Medicare drug discount cards is discouraging many seniors from enrolling in the program, but several new studies show those who don?t sign up could be leaving thousands of dollars on the table. Medicare?s new prescription drug discount card program offers seniors the opportunity to enroll in private drug card plans, and also provides $600 in government subsidies this … [Read more...] about Studies Show Temporary Drug Program Offers Value to Seniors
How Prescription Drug Law Works
It was distressing to read that Rep. James Moran thinks that the new Medicare Drug Discount Cards will be of little value to seniors. Recent studies showing the full value of the program to seniors contradict that view. For example: The Business Roundtable (BRT) did a state-by-state analysis and found that 2,168 seniors in Rep. Moran's 8th congressional district are eligible for the $600 … [Read more...] about How Prescription Drug Law Works
HSA Product Development at Fevered Pitch
IN THIS ISSUE: ? Consumer Choice Community Up and Running ? MA Creates Constitutional Right to Health Care ? HSA Product Development at Fevered Pitch ? CIGNA Survey Finds Consumer Appeal in HSAs ? Communication Key to Consumer Driven Health ? Education Key to HSAs - Akron Beacon Journal Consumer Choice Community Up and Running Wow, it is great to be back from vacation and discover what … [Read more...] about HSA Product Development at Fevered Pitch
Summer Excitement
While the health care debate traditionally heats up in the summer months, this year the legislative scene has been comparatively quiet. Most of the energy has been spent explaining ? or debating ? the various provisions of the new Medicare law, especially the Temporary Drug Discount Card and Health Savings Accounts. The biggest excitement of the summer (and only in Washington would this be … [Read more...] about Summer Excitement
HSA Product Development at Fevered Pitch
IN THIS ISSUE: ? Consumer Choice Community Up and Running ? MA Creates Constitutional Right to Health Care ? HSA Product Development at Fevered Pitch ? CIGNA Survey Finds Consumer Appeal in HSAs ? Communication Key to Consumer Driven Health ? Education Key to HSAs - Akron Beacon Journal Consumer Choice Community Up and Running Wow, it is great to be back from vacation and … [Read more...] about HSA Product Development at Fevered Pitch
Response to July 19 article by Dr. Marcia Angell in The Financial Times
It is unfortunate that a scientist like Dr. Marcia Angell would be careless in her use of facts in arguing that ?Big pharma is a two-faced friend,? (The Financial Times, 19 July 2004). She says that ?prescription drug prices are sky high and rising fast.? But data compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that from November 2003 to March 2004, prescription drug inflation was … [Read more...] about Response to July 19 article by Dr. Marcia Angell in The Financial Times