title: Health Care Consumerism: Lessons My 401(k) Plan Taught Me.
abstract: Changes to the U.S. health care system are here. As we think about how individuals will pay for health care--while actively employed and while retired--our experiences with 401(k) plans provide some valuable lessons. In order to support employees in this new health care world--a challenge arguably more daunting than the 401(k) challenge we faced 20 years ago--some very different types of support are needed. Employers should consider providing their employees with the resources to manage health care changes.
authors.forename: Allen T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Steinberg
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D010415:Pensions; D012179:Retirement / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States