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Article: Consultants predict large rise in consumer-driven health care
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- November 4, 2004
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Consultants predict large rise in consumer-driven health care
Universal health care is out of the question -- at least for the
next four years -- as a result of the re-election of President Bush.
Meanwhile, insurance consultants expect an expansion of consumer-
driven health care plans that require employees to pay more for their
health care.
President Bush advocates market solutions for an ailing health
care system that has left 45 million Americans without health
insurance. He has proposed tax breaks for businesses and low-income
individuals to encourage them to open Health Savings Accounts that
would be used to pay care costs.
Forrester Research, a Cambridge, Mass.-based research company, ...