Presidential Executive Order on Price Transparency
EXECUTIVE ORDER – – – – – – – PROMOTING QUALITY AND EFFICIENT HEALTH CARE IN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTERED OR SPONSORED HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS By the authority vested in me as President by the...
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Basics of HSAs
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Political and Economic Trends in Consumer Driven Healthcare Financing
This powerpoint comes from Dan Perrin, HSA Coalition President and Gilbert’s Insurance & Consulting. October 2, 2007.
FAQs: Employers
As an employer, do I own my employees’ HSAs? Can I control how they spend the money in them? No, you do not own your employees’ HSAs. The employee fully owns the contributions to...
FAQs: General
What is a Health Savings Account (“HSA”)? A Health Savings Account is an alternative to traditional health insurance; it is a savings product that offers a different way for consumers to pay for their...
The Basics of Health Savings Accounts
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About HSAs
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) were created by Public Law 108-173, the “Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003,” signed into law by President Bush on December 8, 2003. Health Savings Accounts will...
Glen Beck on Health Care
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H.R.3234: HSA Improvement and Expansion Act of 2007
HSA Improvement and Expansion Act of 2007 (Introduced in House) HR 3234 IH 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3234 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve access to...
All About HSAs
A power point presentation in PDF format. Put together by the U.S. Treasury Department May 18, 2007.
S.173: Medicare Health Savings Accounts Act of 2007
Medicare Health Savings Accounts Act of 2007 (Introduced in Senate) S 173 IS 110th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 173 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish Medicare Health Savings Accounts....
No-Brainer Health Care Is Passe (The New York Times)
It’s a time-honored ritual of autumn in corporate America: you get your thick company benefits package. You are asked to choose from a ”cafeteria” of benefits. Has anything good ever come out of a...
Health accounts complicate tax prognosis (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
When David Bauer sits down to do his state income taxes this month, he will have a new wrinkle to deal with: health savings accounts. A certified public accountant by training and an investment...
KNOWN HSAS COULD CUT HEALTH INSURANCE TAB (Sun-Sentinel)
This story began in November, when Humberto got a form letter telling him that, if he made no changes in his retiree health insurance plan, the monthly premium for family coverage would jump from...
Ways to save for medical bills (The San Francisco Chronicle)
Kathy O’Loughlin of San Francisco has been buying her own insurance since she retired last year, so when she read about tax-advantaged health savings accounts in January, she started shopping for one. Almost a...
Wisconsin a center for growing Health Savings Account business; Setting up and servicing the accounts could employ thousands, officials predict (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Health Savings Accounts are doing more for Wisconsin’s economy than giving employers a new tool to control insurance costs. The state has become a center for their creation, marketing and administration, and that is...
Howards Grove bank sold for $26 (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
A small Sheboygan County bank considered a national leader in providing health savings accounts is being sold to a Connecticut bank for $26 million in cash. Webster Financial Corp., of Waterbury, Conn., said Tuesday...
MEDICAL EXPENSES; Evaluating health savings accounts (Newsday)
Michael and Robin Pasternack are among the lucky ones. Robin, a New York City public school teacher, has health insurance as part of her union contract that also covers their two young children. Michael...
Bush Health Care Plan Seems to Fall Short; Gap Grows Between Hard Data, Projections for Covering 10 Million Uninsured (Washington Post)
If the Republican-controlled Congress enacted President Bush’s entire health care agenda, as many as 10 million people who lack health insurance would be covered at a cost of $102 billion over the next decade,...
Tax breaks appealing; Health Savings Accounts rapidly gaining popularity (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
MILWAUKEE – Every time Kathleen Hirscher receives a bill for her health insurance, the premium is higher. In response to this common problem, the 61-year-old retired nurse has been slowly raising her deductibles and...
Ins, outs of Health Savings Accounts; On The Money; YOUR MONEY
The alphabet soup of health insurance and savings options has swelled by one, leaving many wondering how to spell relief. Approved in 2003 and launched this year, health savings accounts (HSAs) have joined the...
Hub Magazine Thought Leader – Dan Perrin, HSA Coalition
Although Congress authorized Health Savings Accounts (HSA) less than a year ago, Dan Perrin has been advocating for them from behind the scenes for more than a decade. He is executive director of the...