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Study: Recession boosting use of consumer-driven health plans
Here's a sign of the times. According to a new study from HealthLeaders-InterStudy, more employers are choosing consumer-driven health plans as a method of cutting their health costs during the... Read more...
PPO deductible climbs over $1K for individuals
With healthcare costs continuing to climb, the average annual deductible for individual employees in the U.S. climbed above $1,000 this year, according to a study released by employee benefits... Read more...
Health insurers turn to financial services
Yesterday, our sister publication FierceHealthFinance told you about the growth in consumer deposits to... Read more...
Coming to terms with consumer-driven health plans
While consumer-driven health plans are barreling down on providers like a freight train, many physicians have tried to tune them out. In fact, according to one recent survey,... Read more...
Blue Shield of CA fires broker for selling CDHP with funding
In recent times, health plans in California have started to warn their brokers that it wasn't kosher to sell high-deductible plans with other forms of insurance or funding to cover the deductible.... Read more...
