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adc_health.article_title[0] = 'PR Newswire: Anthem Teams with JP Morgan to Offer HSAs' ;
adc_health.article_date[0] = 1;
adc_health.article_url[0] = 'http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040806/def001_1.html';
adc_health.article_summary[0] = '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....';
adc_health.article_title[1] = 'WH: Bush Talks to Mr. Griffith, an HSA Policyholder in Ohio' ;
adc_health.article_date[1] = 1;
adc_health.article_url[1] = 'http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/08/20040805-8.html';
adc_health.article_summary[1] = '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...';
adc_health.article_title[2] = 'Modern Healthcare: First Hospital Settles on Uninsured Suit' ;
adc_health.article_date[2] = 1;
adc_health.article_url[2] = 'http://www.modernhealthcare.com/news.cms?newsId=2747&potId=FS';
adc_health.article_summary[2] = '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....';
adc_health.article_title[3] = 'NYT: Nonprofit Hospital to Limit Patient Fees, AHA Upset' ;
adc_health.article_date[3] = 1;
adc_health.article_url[3] = 'http://query.nytimes.com/mem/tnt.html?tntget=2004/08/06/business/06hospital.html&tntemail0';
adc_health.article_summary[3] = '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....';
adc_health.article_title[4] = 'Sun Sentinel: Uninsureds Sue HCA in New Class-action lawsuits' ;
adc_health.article_date[4] = 1;
adc_health.article_url[4] = 'http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-rxhca06aug06,0,153320.story?coll=sfla-news-sfla';
adc_health.article_summary[4] = '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...';
adc_health.article_title[5] = 'USA Today: Lawsuit Barrage a Wake Up Call for Hospitals' ;
adc_health.article_date[5] = 1;
adc_health.article_url[5] = 'http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/2004-07-19-lawsuits_x.htm';
adc_health.article_summary[5] = '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....';
adc_health.article_title[6] = 'WH: Bush: We Created HSAs, and We Are Not Turning Back' ;
adc_health.article_date[6] = 0;
adc_health.article_url[6] = 'http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/08/20040804-5.html';
adc_health.article_summary[6] = '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...';
adc_health.article_title[7] = 'Quad City Times: Bush: I Delivered Real Reform: HSAs' ;
adc_health.article_date[7] = 0;
adc_health.article_url[7] = 'http://www.qctimes.com/internal.php?story_id=1032532&l=1&t=Local+News&c=2,1032532';
adc_health.article_summary[7] = '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...';
adc_health.article_title[8] = 'LA Times: Bush: Expansion of HSAs Next Term' ;
adc_health.article_date[8] = 0;
adc_health.article_url[8] = 'http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-080404campaign_lat,1,698086.story?coll=la-home-headlines';
adc_health.article_summary[8] = '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...';
adc_health.article_title[9] = 'Palm Beach Post: Uninsured to Insurers: Where is my HSA?' ;
adc_health.article_date[9] = 0;
adc_health.article_url[9] = 'http://www.palmbeachpost.com/business/content/business/epaper/2004/08/05/a1d_hsa_0805.html';
adc_health.article_summary[9] = '"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."...';
adc_health.article_title[10] = 'Baltimore Sun: 3rd Party Payers are the Root of the Problem' ;
adc_health.article_date[10] = 0;
adc_health.article_url[10] = 'http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.malpractice04aug04,1,2451566.story?coll=bal-oped-headlines';
adc_health.article_summary[10] = '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...';
adc_health.article_title[11] = 'Insurance Journal: Malpractice Cap Heads to Ballot in Oregon' ;
adc_health.article_date[11] = 0;
adc_health.article_url[11] = 'http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2004/08/03/44574.htm';
adc_health.article_summary[11] = '"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....';
adc_health.article_title[12] = 'USA Today: Percentage Insured by Employer Drops' ;
adc_health.article_date[12] = 0;
adc_health.article_url[12] = 'http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/2004-08-03-health-insurance_x.htm';
adc_health.article_summary[12] = '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,...';
adc_health.article_title[13] = 'ABG: Alliance Benefit TPA Teams with Charles Schwab on HSAs' ;
adc_health.article_date[13] = 0;
adc_health.article_url[13] = 'http://www.abgnational.com/prHSA080204.pdf';
adc_health.article_summary[13] = 'Peoria, IL (August 2, 2004) – Alliance Benefit Group (ABG) announced today it has completed the final design and agreements to provide Health Savings Accounts (HSA’s)in a custodial account with The Charles Schwab Trust Company (CSTC). The ABG product is...';
adc_health.article_title[14] = 'CBS MarketWatch: Trends To Higher Deductibles Fit HSAs' ;
adc_health.article_date[14] = 0;
adc_health.article_url[14] = 'http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BC72A1912-AA88-41E1-9C25-4148C44048C6%7D&siteid=google&dist=google';
adc_health.article_summary[14] = '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...';
adc_health.article_title[15] = 'AHIP: Study Shows HSAs Provide Choice and Cost Savings' ;
adc_health.article_date[15] = 0;
adc_health.article_url[15] = 'http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/08-02-2004/0002223323&EDATE=';
adc_health.article_summary[15] = '"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...';
adc_health.article_title[16] = 'PR Newswire: Managed Care Conference to Highlight HSAs' ;
adc_health.article_date[16] = 0;
adc_health.article_url[16] = 'http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/08-02-2004/0002222897&EDATE=';
adc_health.article_summary[16] = 'The goal of the meeting is to showcase organizations at the forefront of innovative new product development to jump-start membership growth and address consumer demands for broad access to the highest quality healthcare at thelowest possible price....';
adc_health.article_title[17] = 'Mondaq: A Summer Tsunami of HSA Guidance' ;
adc_health.article_date[17] = 0;
adc_health.article_url[17] = 'http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=27655&lastestnews=1';
adc_health.article_summary[17] = 'Like a piñata at the birthday party, Notice 2004-50 is stuffed with appealing items – in the form of answers that supporters of HSAs will welcome. With 88 questions and answers (Q&A’s), it is a very full piñata, and it contains many more "good news" items...';
adc_health.article_title[18] = 'Tampa Bay Bus. Journal: Self Employed Should Look at HSAs' ;
adc_health.article_date[18] = 0;
adc_health.article_url[18] = 'http://tampabay.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2004/08/02/daily8.html';
adc_health.article_summary[18] = 'said Florida's Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher. "It's a good time to review current coverage and to consider new additional options, such as tax-advantaged health savings accounts and health reimbursement arrangements."...';
adc_health.article_title[19] = 'The Motley Fool:  HSAs Ease Medical Costs' ;
adc_health.article_date[19] = 0;
adc_health.article_url[19] = 'http://www.fool.com/taxes/2004/taxes040730.htm';
adc_health.article_summary[19] = 'The clear advantageHow do HSAs compare with other plans? Well, the major problem with FSAs or HRAs is that those plans need to be created in partnership with your employer. And if your employer doesn't maintain such a plan,...';
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