HCFO Program Releases New Brief on Health Savings Accounts
A new brief, Health Savings Accounts as a Tool for Market Change, has been released by the Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) initiative, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation program. The brief looks at health savings accounts (HSAs), one component of consumer-directed health care, from the perspective of markets, employers and employees, insurers, and consumers. It also identifies additional questions for research on HSAs, including issues on data collection, consumer behavior, and the effect on providers.

Finally, the brief details ways policymakers and regulators could help “set the stage” for future development and implementation of HSAs.
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