HSAs--friends or foes?
What impact will health savings accounts (HSAs) have on patients and providers? HSAs are being heralded as the next cost-containment strategy of the 21st century. Increasingly, employees find HSAs added to their benefits packages, in some cases replacing health maintenance organizations and preferred provider plans. Consider the HSA the 401(k) plan for health care.
Welle-Powell
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Payer Strategies and Legislative Affairs, Exempla Healthcare, Denver, USA. welle-powelld@exempla.org
D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D020402:Medical Savings Accounts / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States