All Stressed Out and Nowhere To Go. I’ll Tell You What’s Not To Like About Twitter.

Ever have that “nowhere to go” feeling??
I returned from a long Memorial Day Weekend to find my Twitter account shut down due to “suspicious” activity.  6 months ago I wouldn’t have given a rat’s heiney, but I have found Twitter to be a really interesting way to network,  promote HSAs, and promote this blog. 
I don’t [...]

My HSA Rewards

We’ve mentioned this here before, but it is worth mentioning again with the official announcement of the program.  Specifically, My HSA Rewards is a program that enables individuals to save more money into their Health Savings Accounts.  When you make purchases through the My HSA Rewards website a portion of it is put aside and goes [...]

All Stressed Out And Somewhere To Go. Thank You HSA.

I just saw a Kiplinger Letter article talked about how health care costs are expected to rise by 7.5% in the coming year.  This is higher than last year and more than expected.  Apparently, during recessions people go to the doctor  more because they are all stressed out which drives up costs.  I’d love to [...]

Are You One Of the 1.9 Million 2008 HSA Enrollees?

Or maybe one of the 8 million folks covered by an Health Savings Account plan?  AHIP (America’s Health Insurance Plans) put out their annual survey on HSAs this week and those were a couple of the key highlights.  The 2008 numbers represent an increase of 31% year over year.  The demographics of lives covered are diverse [...]

Health Savings Account – Bank Fees and Interest Rates

From time to time we look at current interest rates and set-up fees from the leading banks offering HSAs.  Honestly, in doing this bit of research, I am not sure how some of these banks are leaders in their space.  I suppose some of the “leaders” are gaining their large numbers of HSA accounts through commercial deals with [...]

Who Actually Does Do It Well In Health Care?

If you are an average Joe following the health care debate in America, your head like mine, is spinning.  There are lots of good ideas out there and a lot of crappy ones.  But the question above is one I have yet to which I have read or heard a compelling answer.
What country on this planet has a [...]

Trying To Digest ” Why a New Public Plan Will Not Improve American Health Care”

My mentor, a former Delta Air Lines executive, once said to me, if anything landed in her in-box that was over one- page long it was classified as “hard” and was relegated to the bottom of the pile, to be dealt with later.  She was being facetious to some degree of course, but she was [...]

What’s Ailing GM, Chrysler, And Ford? Health Care For One Thing.

If the cost of health care can help bring to its knees three icons of American industry, you better believe it can have a similar effect on the rest of us.  With something like an over $100 billion in future healthcare obligations to their retirees, the automakers were scrambling last summer to figure out how [...]

The Health Savings Account (HSA) Mindset Is A New Way Of Thinking

 
Most peoples’ eyes glaze over like an old Krispy Kreme donut when they are presented with high deductible health plans (HDHP) because an HDHP means they are going to cover 100% of their health costs up to their insurance deductible.  It does not matter if in their current plan they are paying a zillion dollars a year in premium and forking [...]

Wall Street Journal Health Blog – Single-Payer Whiners

 
An interesting dialogue broke out yesterday and continues today on the WSJ Health Blog.  The blog, entitled, “Order in the Senate!  Single-payer Advocates Disrupt Hearing” included YouTube video of some very passionate (read between the lines and insert your own descriptive noun here “__________” ) people who wanted to exercise their constitutional rights by disrupting [...]