Consumer-Directed Health Plans: At Last, Data

摘要

Want to stir things up among health policymakers in Washington? Forget stem cell research, the Medicare prescription drug benefit, single-payer strategies, and the uninsured. Instead, just mention consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs), and then duck as the melee begins. What is the source of such emotion? Consumer-directed health plans are high-deductible medical insurance policies that are coupled with health savings accounts. On the insurance side, the minimum deductible is