If consumer-directed health plans grow to the point where they account for half of all employer-sponsored insurance in the United States, health costs could drop by $57 billion annually -- about ...

Some 4.2 million adults 21 to 64 are in a consumer-directed health plan, equivalent to 3% of the population, according to Washington-based EBRI’s 2008 Consumer Engagement in Health Care Survey ...

The Trump Administration's support for consumer directed health plan in its budget request follows a report in December 2018 by the U.S. Departments of the Treasury, Health and Human Services, and ...

However, consumer-directed plans are often coupled with tax-favored personal spending accounts such as health savings accounts (HSAs) and health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs), which in effect ...

Recently, the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health has been considering ways to expand consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs). These plans — which essentially balance high deductibles ...

Participants in a new type of health plan offered through the Federal Employees Health Benefits program are generally younger, healthier and better educated than enrollees in more traditional ...

Consumer-directed health plans have the potential to cut costs in the short term, but they may lead to poorer health and higher costs in the long term, according to a study published Monday in the ...

As the recession and escalating costs of health care continue to plague businesses in Connecticut, enrollment in consumer-directed health plans is growing as state-based employers turn to less ...

As more businesses offer their employees consumer-directed health-care benefits packages, it’s important to promote a better understanding of them — the legal and operational complexities involved in ...

Although clinical knowledge positions physicians and nurses well as consumer-directed health plan enrollees, they appeared less likely to choose these plans than nonmedical faculty and staff.

Daniel Wells discusses emerging trends in consumer-directed health care plans and how consumers will approach health care decisions under President Trump. Sign In. Newsletters.

Editor’s note: This is part two in a two-part series. In last month’s Smart Business, we examined the growing trend toward consumer-directed health plans. In such plans, employees, armed with more ...