How do you cut taxes, increase the national savings rate, and sock money away for an aging population’s growing health care needs? This idea was proposed in ON LINE Opinion today in Australia. [Note...
The following are excerpts from President Bush’s Speech yesterday in Fredericksburg, Virginia where he spoke at length about health care and the need for further reform. Significantly, President Bush talks about the lack of...
The State of Indiana is pushing Health Savings Accounts, and the personal responsibility that goes with them, into the realm of helping those who cannot afford health insurance to be able to get coverage,...
In the solid Blue Democratic state of Wisconsin, HSAs have serious political traction. In a recent Badger Poll that ranked health care as the number two issue of concern for the citizens of Wisconsin...
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This powerpoint comes from Dan Perrin, HSA Coalition President and Gilbert’s Insurance & Consulting. October 2, 2007.
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...
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...
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A family with a qualifying high-deductible health insurance plan in place no later than December 31 can shelter up to $5,650 from 2007 federal income taxes. By reducing your adjustable gross income, enabling you...
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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...
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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...
A power point presentation in PDF format. Put together by the U.S. Treasury Department May 18, 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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...