HSA
News & Headlines
3/2/2008 -
Google to Offer Health Records On the Web Google
Inc. today announced an online repository where
consumers can store their health information --
a move that could boost the nation's fledgling
efforts
to adopt electronic medical records.
3/4/2008
- Wisconsin
discusses nonconformity to HSA provisions For
tax years beginning after 2003, the Wisconsin personal
income tax does not conform to the provisions
11/25/2007-
Employees
not seeing many HSA bargains - Another
great example of how not to offer a HSA plan to employees
_But when employers offer an HSA to their workers
along with other insurance options, studies have shown
that employees tend to favor more traditional coverage.
Some economists believe part of the problem is that
employers aren't pricing their HSA's appropriately.
10/3/2007
- Wising
Up on Health Care
Wall Street Journal - They're getting it from their
employers, who are introducing copays, health savings
accounts and other consumer-activation measures with
an explanation that ...
10/3/2007 -
Some Deere salaried retirees see health benefit changes
- Some 750 Waterloo-area John Deere salaried retirees
and their dependents will see some changes in their
health care coverage Jan. 1.
9/19/2007 - The
Return of HillaryCare - Thirteen years after “HillaryCare,”
her failed one-woman crusade for universal healthcare
coverage, became a byword for political overreach, Sen.
Hillary Clinton is in the health care business once
again.
9/17/2007
- What
happens to a company when a HSA plan is adopted?
Five years ago, the grocery chain Whole Foods Market
switched to a different kind of health insurance, a
policy that puts patients more in control:
9/17/07 - Where
Do the Candidates Stand?
The Council for Affordable Health Insurance has published
a comprehensive guide to the 2008 Presidential candidates'
stands on health care reform. The document is being
updated frequently, as candidates change their position
like the weather
9/14/2007
-
Fine-Tuning
Consumer-Driven Health Plans. With a few years of
experience under their belts, employers and health plans
are adjusting their consumer-driven health plan offerings
in an attempt to make them more attractive to plan sponsors
and employees.
9/5/2007
- Health
insurers lure young adults
Health insurers are wooing the population least likely
to be insured -- young adults in their 20s and 30s --
with individual policies tailored to their pocketbooks
and health concerns.
9/5/07 OH -
Sycamore Board of Education approves contract, adopts
HSA The Sycamore Board of Education approved a three-year
collective bargaining agreement with OAPSE (Ohio Association
of Public School Employees) Local 243 during a special
meeting Aug. 29.
8/29/2007
Indiana to start HSA plan for uninsured
The Healthy Indiana Plan will provide health insurance
for uninsured Hoosiers who earn less than 200 percent
of the federal poverty level -- about $20,400 for an
individual and $41,300 for a family of four -- and who
are without access to employer-sponsored health insurance.
State officials have said that as many as 130,000 Hoosier
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