SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- High-deductible health plans with and without attached savings accounts are facing substantial growing pains, according to three studies. "Consumer-directed" plans ...

A new study from the RAND Corporation found that consumer-directed health plans — which include high-deductible health plans and personal health accounts — could cut U.S. healthcare costs by ...

Most patients do not understand the details of preventive care cost-sharing exemptions in consumer-directed health plans, and because of this, patients often avoid seeking preventive care even ...

Enrollment in high-deductible health plans, including consumer-directed health plans, among people younger than 65 traditionally has been higher among those with directly purchased plans than ...

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Empower introduced a consumer-directed health care product suite to “help individuals manage their healthcare finances in conjunction with their full financial picture.” The offering, ...

Strategies include abandoning high-deductible health plans, offering cost-effective resources like telemedicine and ...

Empower wants to be nearly a one-stop shop for employee benefits, today debuting a “consumer-directed health care” package that will live alongside its retirement plans. It extends the company ...

There is also a Consumer-Directed Health Plan with similar coverage, as well as a Health Savings Account. Graduate students are covered with GradCare, while Medicare Advantage Plans are available ...