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Tuesday, August 10, 2004

Archives on Health Care

1. WH: President Bush talks to Dr. Wells, a NH HSA Policy Holder

Published on 8/10/2004

we've got Roger Wells. Rog is a vet who has looked into and utilized a health savings account. I've asked him to come to explain how they work....Now, if he continues to make good choices -- he's from New Hampshire -- if he continues walking those mountai...

2. Bloomberg: Bush Links HSAs to Creating an 'Ownership Society'

Published on 8/10/2004

Aug. 9 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. President George W. Bush said he would use another term in office to open a new ``era of ownership'' in which Americans have a greater stake in managing their health care, business or retirement....

3. Kerry-Eduards: HSAs are a Lucrative Tax Shelter for the Rich

Published on 8/10/2004

HSAs Offer Lucrative And Unprecedented Tax Shelter Benefits To The Wealthy....

4. Tallahasse Democrat: Take a (tax) break

Published on 8/10/2004

She and her husband Robert, 71, a retired corporate controller, find appeal in the financial trade-off of a lower premium for a higher deductible. Recently, that trade became even more appealing when the Milwaukee couple discovered Health Savings Account...

5. Courier-Journal: Hewitt: 60% of Companies to Offer HSAs in '05

Published on 8/9/2004

More than 60 percent of the big U.S. employers are expected to offer workers health savings accounts by 2005, says Hewitt Associates, an Illinois benefits consulting company....

6. Minot Daily News: HSAs an Option for the Uninsured

Published on 8/9/2004

A survey conducted for the North Dakota Health Department found that people without insurance are less likely to report that they are in good health....Some states have had success in reducing their ranks of uninsured by offering health savings accounts,...

7. Denver Post: Kerry touts his plans for better health care

Published on 8/9/2004

Contending that affordable and effective health care is a right of all Americans, Kerry also said that under his plan, people between the ages of 55 and 64 would be able to buy into Medicare early....

8. MSNBC: FL HMO, Vista, Like Most Insurers, to Offer HSA in '05

Published on 8/8/2004

Like most insurance companies, Vista also plans to introduce a group health savings account (HSA) plan early next year. The federally mandated plan will function similarly to an HRA, but employees can also pay into the account, which can be invested tax-f...

9. PR Newswire: Ceres: Early HSA Sales are Encouraging

Published on 8/8/2004

In addition, new sales increased significantly compared with the same period a year ago. The early sales results of our health savings account (HSA) qualified products are also encouraging. HSAs offer our customers an excellent opportunity to take more...

10. Self Employed Country: Most Want Individual Heath Tax Break

Published on 8/8/2004

There was strong support expressed for "reform of the current system of subsidizing health insurance coverage through tax incentives to employers by shifting to providing incentives to individuals." Some observers contend the current system of subsidizing...

11. PR Newswire: HealthEquity Lands Former Mellon Exec.

Published on 8/8/2004

TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Dennis A. Stover, a nationally recognized expert on health savings account administration, joined the management team of HealthEquity, Inc. as director of Corporate Development. Stover will be responsible for enhancin...

12. Indy Star: Anthem to Reveal HSA Later this Month, 1:4 Households?

Published on 8/7/2004

Dennis Casey, vice president and general manager of Indiana group business for Anthem, said he thinks HSAs will catch on and one in four insured households in the state could eventually rely on an HSA for their health coverage. The Indianapolis health be...

13. Hispanic Business: Bush: HSAs Put the Patient & Doctor First

Published on 8/7/2004

"We provided health savings accounts, which will be beneficial for people from all walks of life. These are tax free health savings accounts that make sure the patient and the doctor are the center of the decision-making process in health care."...

14. HSA Insider: A Look Under the Hood: Investment HSAs

Published on 8/7/2004

You Can Invest Your HSAs in No Load Fidelity Funds, and HSA Investors Brings Forty No Load Vanguard Funds into the HSA Market ...

15. PR Newswire: Anthem Teams with JP Morgan to Offer HSAs

Published on 8/6/2004

The new product, Anthem ByDesign HSA, offers an Anthem high-deductible health plan (HDHP) coupled with a Chase custodian account that allows consumers to use checks and debit cards to pay for qualified medical expenses out of the HSA....

16. WH: Bush Talks to Mr. Griffith, an HSA Policyholder in Ohio

Published on 8/6/2004

MR. GRIFFITH: We established our health savings account and insurance policy in the middle of June, and before that, we were spending $1,111 a month for our insurance policy. Since we established the HSA account and the -- and the insurance policy, we're ...

17. Modern Healthcare: First Hospital Settles on Uninsured Suit

Published on 8/6/2004

Six-hospital North Mississippi Health Services, Tupelo, reached an agreement with a Mississippi law firm to provide an estimated $150 million in refunds, debt forgiveness, discounts and free care to about 48,000 eligible uninsured patients....

18. NYT: Nonprofit Hospital to Limit Patient Fees, AHA Upset

Published on 8/6/2004

The deal drew fire from the American Hospital Association, which has denounced as baseless the volley of lawsuits filed against nonprofit hospitals by Richard Scruggs, who brought the global class-action case against tobacco companies....

19. Sun Sentinel: Uninsureds Sue HCA in New Class-action lawsuits

Published on 8/6/2004

Lawyers for uninsured patients in South Florida and other states filed class-action suits against the nation's largest for-profit hospital company and two smaller chains on Thursday, accusing them of gouging the uninsured and using strong-arm means to col...

20. USA Today: Lawsuit Barrage a Wake Up Call for Hospitals

Published on 8/6/2004

The hospital industry, already facing criticism on several fronts, has a new concern: a flurry of lawsuits against non-profit facilities by high-profile law firms....

21. WH: Bush: We Created HSAs, and We Are Not Turning Back

Published on 8/5/2004

We've created health savings accounts, so families can save, tax-free, for their own health care needs. When it comes to giving Americans more choices about their health care and making health care more affordable, we're moving America forward and we're n...

22. Quad City Times: Bush: I Delivered Real Reform: HSAs

Published on 8/5/2004

Ticking off issues such as prescription drug relief, education and the economy, the president sought to make the case he has done more than just talk about reform. And he said after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the creation of the Department of ...

23. LA Times: Bush: Expansion of HSAs Next Term

Published on 8/5/2004

Bush rallied the crowd with a wide-ranging speech peppered with hints of what he would press in a second term: expansion of privately held health savings accounts that employees could keep even when they change jobs, private retirement savings accounts, a...

24. Palm Beach Post: Uninsured to Insurers: Where is my HSA?

Published on 8/5/2004

"I'm ready right now," said Greene, who hasn't had health coverage for six years. "I've got the money. I'm ready to go, and they're not ready."...

25. Baltimore Sun: 3rd Party Payers are the Root of the Problem

Published on 8/4/2004

The fundamental problem is that through decades of dictating reimbursements to the providers, regardless of their costs, and of defining the circumstances in which the services can be delivered, the government and other third-party payers have created in...

26. Insurance Journal: Malpractice Cap Heads to Ballot in Oregon

Published on 8/4/2004

"Oregon is one of the 18-19 states designated in crisis by the American Medical Association'' because of malpractice insurance costs, said Dr. Colin Cave of Portland....

27. USA Today: Percentage Insured by Employer Drops

Published on 8/4/2004

Job losses caused by the sluggish economy were the main reason for the drop in people covered by employer health plans. But insurance premiums that increased 28% during the period also contributed to the decline,...

28. ABG: Alliance Benefit TPA Teams with Charles Schwab on HSAs

Published on 8/3/2004

Peoria, IL (August 2, 2004) Alliance Benefit Group (ABG) announced today it has completed the final design and agreements to provide Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) in a custodial account with The Charles Schwab Trust Company (CSTC). The ABG product is...

29. CBS MarketWatch: Trends To Higher Deductibles Fit HSAs

Published on 8/3/2004

The trend towards buying higher-deductible plans is consistent with the thresholds for the new Health Savings Accounts, which allow workers to contribute pretax money to cover health expenses with salary deductions, said Gary Lauer, president of eHealthIn...

30. AHIP: Study Shows HSAs Provide Choice and Cost Savings

Published on 8/3/2004

"We expect that the Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Congress created in the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 could provide even more choices and greater cost savings for those individuals seeking affordable health insurance coverage in the individual mar...

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