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'Consumer-driven' health plans gain.

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| September 08, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Stephen Rynkiewicz

Sep. 8--One-third of companies will offer workers "consumer-driven" health plans by next year, according to a Deloitte Consulting survey.

"The deductible is a big one," typically $2,000, according to Steven Kraus, principal in charge of Deloitte's human capital practice in Chicago. But companies would give workers a $1,000 "personal spending account" to bridge the gap. Some plans fully cover immunization, mammography and other preventive care.

Nearly one in five companies already offers such plans, according to the survey of human-resource managers at 314 large companies. The plans require employees to more actively manage…

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