Employer Health Plan Share Falls for Individuals       November 4, 2009
News: Employees with individual coverage in consumer-driven health plans are seeing their employers' contributions decline while those with family coverage are seeing contributions increase, according ...
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Blues Plans Put Health Care Bank Up for Sale       August 20, 2009
News: Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans are seeking a buyer for their Blue Healthcare Bank, which opened in 2007 and provides health care banking services, including health savings accounts, to plan members.
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Michigan Companies Attack Health Care Costs       May 27, 2009
Feature: By making such plan design changes as increasing median co-insurance to 15 percent from 10 percent and tightening up eligibility provisions, companies in Southeast Michigan expect to hold down health care cost increases in 2009 to 5 perc...
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Recession Will Cause More Health Cost Shifting       May 1, 2009
... shift more costs to employees and adopt lower-cost consumer-driven health plans, a survey finds.
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When Times Get Tough, Even the Tough Go to the ...       January 16, 2009
Feature: Why health care costs will spike during a recession, and what employers can do about it. (1/16/2009)
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More California Employers Offering CDHPs       December 22, 2008
News: A recent survey has found that 38 percent of employers in the nation's most populous state now offer high-deductible health plans to their employees, up from 18 percent in 2007.
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Mercer: Health Cost Hikes Stable; PPO Deductibles ...       November 24, 2008
News: The growing popularity of consumer-driven health plans is influencing the size of deductibles in traditional preferred provider organization plans, the annual study concludes.
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Bad Debt Rising       November 18, 2008
Feature: With 72 million people already struggling to pay health bills, health care providers may be in for nasty weather as a new wave of cash- and coverage-strapped patients join the ranks. Some hospitals believe high-deductible plans play a ...
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CDHP Members More Cost-Conscious, Engaged       October 27, 2008
News: Members in consumer-driven health plans pay greater attention to cost than enrollees in other plans, a new survey by the Washington-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association has found.
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