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Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Stories on Health Care
 
 
 
 
WH: President Bush talks to Dr. Wells, a NH HSA Policy Holder
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
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Bloomberg: Bush Links HSAs to Creating an 'Ownership Society'
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.
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Kerry-Eduards: HSAs are a Lucrative Tax Shelter for the Rich
HSAs Offer Lucrative And Unprecedented Tax Shelter Benefits To The Wealthy.
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Tallahasse Democrat: Take a (tax) break
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
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Courier-Journal: Hewitt: 60% of Companies to Offer HSAs in '05
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.
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Minot Daily News: HSAs an Option for the Uninsured
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,
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Denver Post: Kerry touts his plans for better health care
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.
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MSNBC: FL HMO, Vista, Like Most Insurers, to Offer HSA in '05
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
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PR Newswire: Ceres: Early HSA Sales are Encouraging
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
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Self Employed Country: Most Want Individual Heath Tax Break
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
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PR Newswire: HealthEquity Lands Former Mellon Exec.
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
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Indy Star: Anthem to Reveal HSA Later this Month, 1:4 Households?
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
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Hispanic Business: Bush: HSAs Put the Patient & Doctor First
"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."
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HSA Insider: A Look Under the Hood: Investment HSAs
You Can Invest Your HSAs in No Load Fidelity Funds, and HSA Investors Brings Forty No Load Vanguard Funds into the HSA Market
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PR Newswire: Anthem Teams with JP Morgan to Offer HSAs
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.
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WH: Bush Talks to Mr. Griffith, an HSA Policyholder in Ohio
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
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Modern Healthcare: First Hospital Settles on Uninsured Suit
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.
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NYT: Nonprofit Hospital to Limit Patient Fees, AHA Upset
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.
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Sun Sentinel: Uninsureds Sue HCA in New Class-action lawsuits
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
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USA Today: Lawsuit Barrage a Wake Up Call for Hospitals
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.
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