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Article: Insurers deepen roots of consumer-driven health care.(consumer-driven health plans)
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- Employee Benefit News
- Article date:
- May 1, 2004
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This is the first in a four-part series of articles on how the rise of consumer-driven health is affecting insurers, providers, employers and consumers.
Market interest in consumer-driven health insurance continues to grow, particularly after the Bush administration's accolades for health savings accounts (HSAs) created by Medicare legislation. Insurers, third-party administrators and brokers report steady requests from employers for information on consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), generally defined as plans combining a high deductible with a spending account.
Well over one million Americans are now enrolled in the plans, the most popular form of ...