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Patchwork solutions.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)
Florence King's "The Great Uninsured" (April 24) provides a clever and fresh analysis of the cultural implications of health insurance in this country since its inception. While I find her catalogue of past mistakes highly instructive, I would hope for a future superior to her prognosis that the American people will only resort to attempts at "fixing" and patching up a worn-out, inadequate system--and that tinkering is bound to fail. We are indeed trying to "fix" the system, but half-measures are not always bad.
Miss King deftly points us in the right direction by noting that good ideas often become bad ones under the weight of misguided but inevitable modifications. Ultimate success, however, will require accepting some incremental moves. We are beginning to see them all around us. The 2003 introduction of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) is a good example of an imperfect solution that is nonetheless a step in the right direction; their growing popularity highlights the positive effects small changes can have. To be sure, remnants of the old dirigiste ...
- Health savings accounts on rise.
- Newspaper article from: Ventura County Star (Ventura, CA) December 30, 2005 700+ words
...More banks have started offering health savings accounts where people with high-deductible...companies with health benefits offered health savings accounts, according to the Kaiser...27 percent of employers not offering health savings accounts were likely to offer them...
- Remarks by the President After Meeting on Health Savings Accounts.
- Press release article from: Business Wire April 2, 2007 700+ words
...encourage the expansion of products like health savings accounts. And today I have met with...employees of companies that have provided health savings accounts for them. And I'm pleased...have come to realize the benefits of health savings accounts, such as, one, health ...
- A new way to pay for health care: Health savings accounts gain converts.
- Newspaper article from: Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, Colorado) May 28, 2006 700+ words
...cautious approach - this time toward health savings accounts. While they wait, however...small businesses are using some form of health savings accounts and one in five are actively...group said. Nationwide, enrollment in health savings accounts tripled in the past year to...
- PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH HOLDS A MEDIA AVAILABILITY FOLLOWING A MEETING ON...
- News wire article from: Political/Congressional Transcript Wire April 2, 2007 700+ words
...AVAILABILITY FOLLOWING A MEETING ON HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS APRIL 2, 2007 SPEAKER: PRESIDENT...encourage the expansion of products like health savings accounts. And, today, I have met...employees of companies that have provided health savings accounts for them. And I am pleased...
- Few San Bernardino, Calif. Businesses Rush to Purchase Health Savings Accounts.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News April 5, 2004 700+ words
...taking stock of a federally instituted health savings account program that became effective...the program, none have yet purchased health savings account health plans, Kazazian said...inquiries from companies interested in health savings accounts but so far "no one's buying...
- Blue Cross to offer health savings accounts by 2006.
- Newspaper article from: Washington Times (Washington, D.C.) November 18, 2004 700+ words
...Association said yesterday that it will have health savings accounts available nationwide by 2006...members, started offering some forms of health savings accounts in January in a number of...of next year, Blue Cross will offer health savings accounts, also known as HSAs, in...
- CIGNA Healthcare to Add Health Savings Account Product to Benefits Portfolio;...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 5, 2002 700+ words
...HealthCare today announced it is adding a health savings account product to its health care...access to care management services. The health savings account plan, which combines a CIGNA...PPO plan with an employer-funded health savings account for each enrolled employee...
- Panel questions health savings accounts.(business)
- Newspaper article from: Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV) May 27, 2004 700+ words
...CROWLEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL New tax-free health savings accounts signed into law in December...preferred-provider insurance plans. Health-savings accounts advocates, including Treasury...for insurer John Alden, said the new health-savings accounts are simple to understand...
- Las Vegas Panel Questions Health Savings Accounts.
- Newspaper article from: Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV) May 27, 2004 700+ words
...Matthew Crowley May 27--New tax-free health savings accounts signed into law in December...preferred-provider insurance plans. Health-savings accounts advocates, including Treasury...for insurer John Alden, said the new health-savings accounts are simple to understand...
- New health savings accounts help close insurance gap for Seattleites.
- News wire article from: Seattle Times (Seattle, WA) August 16, 2004 700+ words
...equal to his deductible in a tax-free health savings account (HSA) to cover those expenses...charge of their medical spending. Health savings accounts are part of the landmark Medicare...each year. The idea is to tap the health savings account for routine health expenses...
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