Medical savings accounts: The newest medical cost reduction tool for employers

Medical savings accounts: The newest medical cost reduction tool for employers

Medical savings accounts, which combine an employer-provided health plan combined with a catastrophic plan with high deductibles, are an innovative way in which employers can bring rising health benefits costs under control. How the accounts work is examined.

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Veröffentlicht in:Business horizons 1996-07, Vol.39 (4), p.59-64
Hauptverfasser: Bond, Michael T., Heshizer, Brian P., Hrivnak, Mary W.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Analysis
Cost reduction
Economic aspects
Employee benefits
Employees
Health care costs
Health care delivery
Health care expenditures
Health care industry
Health care policy
Health insurance
Innovations
Management
Medical care, Cost of
Medical economics
Medical savings accounts
Reforms
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Zusammenfassung:Medical savings accounts, which combine an employer-provided health plan combined with a catastrophic plan with high deductibles, are an innovative way in which employers can bring rising health benefits costs under control. How the accounts work is examined.
ISSN:0007-6813
1873-6068
DOI:10.1016/S0007-6813(96)90053-1