High-Deductible Health Plans and Health Savings Accounts. : An Empirical Review.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employee fringe benefits.

Savings accounts.

Health facilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (27 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Analyzes existing data and reviews current literature to evaluate effectiveness of high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) and health savings accounts (HSAs), which are tax-preferred savings accounts used to pay for unreimbursed qualified medical expenses and services not covered by insurance. Describes rules covering HDHPs and HSAs, and examines trends in HDHPs purchased and individual contributions to HSAs. Discusses policy questions, including degree to which HDHPs and HSAs have increased health care quality, contributed to retirement savings, reduced uninsurance, and reduced aggregate health expenditures.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Sept. 2012). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress.Congressional Research Service. High-Deductible Health Plans and Health Savings Accounts

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Restricted for use by site license.