The fundamentals of health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans

The fundamentals of health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
NHPF background paper
Contributor(s):
Fuchs, Beth.
Potetz, Lisa.
George Washington University. National Health Policy Forum.
Publication:
Washington, D.C. : George Washington University, [2007]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Cost Sharing
Deductibles and Coinsurance
Insurance, Health
Medical Savings Accounts -- organization & administration
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
This background paper updates and expands on a previous NHPF document that looked at the fundamentals of health savings accounts (HSAs) and high-deductible health plans (HDHPs), their intellectual and legislative origins, and the ways they work. In addition to updating information on the HDHP/HSA marketplace, this paper presents a description of how the HDHP combined with the HSA works for enrollees. Using a question-and-answer format, it then addresses some of the more complicated details of these arrangements, looking first at the HDHPs and then the HSAs. This closer examination suggests some potential policy challenges for lawmakers, the focus of the paper's final section.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
37 leaves.
NLM Unique ID:
101317662 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101317662