Document Type
Article
Abstract
Health-care costs have been a significant topic in the U.S. in recent decades. Several ideas have been proposed to address rising costs, while still maintaining affordable insurance options for consumers. Consumer-Directed Health Plans have been one of these options, and when coupled with Health-Savings Accounts, these plans have significant potential to curb costs and increase the number of insured consumers. There may, however, be both positive and negative effects. The positive effects will likely outweigh the negative effects, and Consumer-Directed Health Plans, coupled with Health-Savings Accounts, should present a net gain to both consumers and the overall economy.
Publication Date
Spring 2016
Journal Title
Major Themes in Economics
Volume
18
Issue
1
First Page
87
Last Page
105
Copyright
©2016 by Major Themes in Economics
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Keezer, Conrad
(2016)
"Health Savings Accounts: Benefits, Costs, and Potential Effects,"
Major Themes in Economics, 18, 87-105.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mtie/vol18/iss1/8