The HSA Coalition Blog
Hospital Lawyer Tells City Council Giving Charity Care is Irrelevant to Non-profit, Tax-Free Status
It takes a whole lot of courage to appear before the Pittsburgh City Council, as University of Pittsburgh Medical Center general counsel Robert Cindrich did, and tell them that the Medical Center’s tax-exempt, IRS-approved...
New Study Confirms HSA Gains in the Individual Insurance Market
AHIP’s new study of the individual insurance market shows the gains by HSAs among families who buy their own insurance, finding that HSAs have a 23 percent market share. Among single individuals, 10 percent...
Australia Mulls Healthcare Bank Accounts as a Tax Cut
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...
President Bush Explains His Vision for Health Care Reform
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...
Indiana Gives Low Income $1,100 Account for Health Expenses
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,...
61% in Deep Blue Wisconsin Want State Health Care Reform to Encourage Health Savings Accounts
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...
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...
Health savings accounts becoming more appealing (AZ Central)
http://www.azcentral.com/abgnews/articles/1122abg-kehrer1122.html
Health-savings accounts useful – and tax free (AZ Gazette)
http://www.azcentral.com/abgnews/articles/1206abg-tyson1206.html
Tax Benefits of Health Savings Accounts Lure Consumers, Businesses (PRWEB)
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...
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...