| Consumer Driven Views |
February 29, 2012 |
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| Consumers — and employees — are ready to drive |
| By Denis Storey |
| It might ring like some kind of campaign rhetoric you might hear on the stump in a battleground state like Ohio, but it's true: Even though they're barely 11 years old, consumer driven health plans are our future…Read more |
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| Stories of the Week |
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| Cigna: CDHPs save employees almost $10K over five years |
| By Kathryn Mayer |
| Workers who engage in health-smart habits offered in consumer-driven health plans reduce their health risks and lower their total medical costs an average of $9,700 per employee over a five-year period, according to a study of health care claims representing 1.1 million Cigna customers in CDHPs, PPOs and HMOs…Read more |
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| Expert projects 2013 HSA figures |
| By Amanda McGrory |
| Private consultant Roy Ramthun, who led the U.S. Treasury Department's implementation of the HSA program after it was enacted in 2003 and is an expert on consumer-driven health care, projects the maximum HSA contribution will expand to $3,200 for individuals with self-only coverage and $6,450 for those with family coverage next year…Read more |
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| Generics ease financial burdens |
| By Kathryn Mayer |
| Thanks to greater use of generic drugs, the financial burden Americans face with prescription drug use has declined, says a study from the RAND Corporation…Read more |
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