IN THIS ISSUE: ? Time to Recharge Them Batteries ? Vermont Takes on a Whole New Look ? Washington State ? ?Nearly All Carriers Have HSAs? ? Washington State ? ?Deceptive and Dangerous Initiative? ? New York State ? Expect 36% HSA Penetration in Two Years ? Harvard Pilgrim Struggles to get it Right ? Kansas City ? ?I?m In Control!? ? Indiana ? 45% Choose HSA Option ? BCBS Illinois and The … [Read more...] about HSA Products Continue to Roll Out with Virtually Every Carrier Entering the Market
HSA Products Continue to Roll Out with Virtually Every Carrier Entering the Market
IN THIS ISSUE: ? Time to Recharge Them Batteries ? Vermont Takes on a Whole New Look ? Washington State ? ?Nearly All Carriers Have HSAs? ? Washington State ? ?Deceptive and Dangerous Initiative? ? New York State ? Expect 36% HSA Penetration in Two Years ? Harvard Pilgrim Struggles to get it Right ? Kansas City ? ?I?m In Control!? ? Indiana ? 45% Choose HSA Option ? BCBS Illinois … [Read more...] about HSA Products Continue to Roll Out with Virtually Every Carrier Entering the Market
Solutions through Tax Reform
Some members of Congress are threatening to use a hatchet to fix a problem in the health sector that requires a scalpel. Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) has reintroduced the misguided patients' bill of rights in response to a U.S. Supreme Court decision this week saying that employees don't have the legal right to sue their health plans in state courts. Dingell's legislation would layer more crushing … [Read more...] about Solutions through Tax Reform
Health Savings Accounts: Early experience shows broad appeal
A new study by a leading firm offering Health Savings Accounts shows that 43% of those purchasing the new accounts since January 1 were previously uninsured. The study released June 21 by Assurant Health, a national health insurance carrier that focuses on individual and small group policies, shows that the new accounts are appealing to those who previously were shut out of the insurance market, … [Read more...] about Health Savings Accounts: Early experience shows broad appeal
Physicians Respond to Consumer Driven Health Care
IN THIS ISSUE: ? Physicians Respond to Consumer Driven Health Care ? Health Benefits Reform Meeting in Washington ? Shadegg to Introduce CHOICE Act ? Herzlinger in Harvard Business Review ? Head in the Sand Physicians Respond to Consumer Driven Health Care Once again, I need to apologize for missing a week. I think you'll understand when I tell you how busy things have been. First, we had … [Read more...] about Physicians Respond to Consumer Driven Health Care
Health Savings Accounts: Early experience shows broad appeal
A new study by a leading firm offering Health Savings Accounts shows that 43% of those purchasing the new accounts since January 1 were previously uninsured. The study released June 21 by Assurant Health, a national health insurance carrier that focuses on individual and small group policies, shows that the new accounts are appealing to those who previously were shut out of the insurance market, … [Read more...] about Health Savings Accounts: Early experience shows broad appeal
Physicians Respond to Consumer Driven Health Care
IN THIS ISSUE: ? Physicians Respond to Consumer Driven Health Care ? Health Benefits Reform Meeting in Washington ? Shadegg to Introduce CHOICE Act ? Herzlinger in Harvard Business Review ? Head in the Sand Physicians Respond to Consumer Driven Health Care Once again, I need to apologize for missing a week. I think you'll understand when I tell you how busy things have been. … [Read more...] about Physicians Respond to Consumer Driven Health Care
Promises and Pitfalls
The Senate and drug importation: A bill (S. 2328) sponsored by Senators Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) is yet another based upon the fiction that the Food and Drug Administration could set up a system to assure the safety of massive imports of prescription drugs from Canada and eventually dozens of other countries. The bill has bi-partisan support from people like Sen. Trent Lott … [Read more...] about Promises and Pitfalls