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Innovate To Cut Health Costs
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Posted on: 10/6/2008
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Mentioned: Source: Los Angeles Times
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We've been hearing a lot about universal healthcare. But before you give up on market competition, consider that government regulation of hospitals and medical professionals makes medical care much more expensive than it need be.
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Watson Wyatt Identifies Trends For Benefits Open Enrollment Season
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Posted on: 10/6/2008
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Mentioned: Source: CNNmoney.com
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One-third of large employers intend to offer workers health savings accounts linked to high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) next year, according to the Watson Wyatt/NBGH survey. Also, roughly one out of 10 employers intends to offer a CDH plan as its only health plan next year.
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Health Care's New Entrepreneurs
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Posted on: 10/6/2008
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Mentioned: Source: FrontPageMag.com
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Entrepreneurs are finding ways to bring innovative, consumer-oriented health care to market. American health care is experiencing a revolution that promises to improve quality, lower costs, and empower people to control their own health care.
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Holtz-Eakin Defends McCain Plan
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Posted on: 10/6/2008
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Mentioned: Source:Politico.com
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In a memo, McCain aide Douglas Holtz-Eakin defends McCain's plan, and argues that individuals may leave their employer-funded plans for better deals on healthcare that they buy themselves.
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Comerica Bank Introduces Health Savings Account
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Posted on: 10/6/2008
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Comerica Bank's business customers can now offer their employees an affordable option for managing their health care expenses with Comerica HealthReserve, a health savings account (HSA). Comerica HealthReserve is also available to individuals with high-deductible health health plans.
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Employer health-plan costs grow 5%
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Posted on: 9/26/2008
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Continuing a recent slowing trend, employers' health-insurance premiums grew a relatively modest 5% in 2008, but employers and workers still are struggling to absorb a more than doubling of their coverage costs since the late 1990s, according to a widely tracked survey.
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Small Business Administration Promotes Benefits Of Health Savings Accounts
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Posted on: 9/24/2008
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President Bush and U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Acting Administrator Sandy Baruah met in Oklahoma City earlier this month with women small business owners to discuss the benefits of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), which can be used to obtain affordable healthcare coverage.
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