There is an interesting article on Health Savings Accounts in today's New York Times that is worth reading, outlining some of the debate around the program.
It's titled, "Prognosis is mixed for Health Savings"
One of the things that I found troubling is that half the people who are enrolling in HSA's aren't taking advantage of one of the most important parts of the plan - the savings account. (FYI: There are two parts to an HSA. First is the insurance plan portion which you get by signing up with Oxford, Cigna or one of the other providers for the low-premium, high-deductible program. The second part is opening up a savings account at an eligible bank.)
Update: in my last post I said there were 1 million people signed up already for HSA's - as it turns out, the number is actually 2 million people. And, more amazing is that according to Forrester Research, this number is expected to grow to 22 million by January 2008 which is only 2 years away. That's some serious growth!
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