Today's HSA News

last updated 9/3/2008

3/2/2008 - Google to Offer Health Records On the Web
Google Inc. today announced an online repository where consumers can store their health information -- a move that could boost the nation's fledgling efforts to adopt electronic medical records.

3/4/2008 - Wisconsin discusses nonconformity to HSA provisions
For tax years beginning after 2003, the Wisconsin personal income tax does not conform to the provisions

11/25/2007- Employees not seeing many HSA bargains - But when employers offer an HSA to their workers along with other insurance options, studies have shown that employees tend to favor more traditional coverage. Some economists believe part of the problem is that employers aren't pricing their HSA's appropriately.

9/19/2007 - The Return of HillaryCare - Thirteen years after “HillaryCare,” her failed one-woman crusade for universal healthcare coverage, became a byword for political overreach, Sen. Hillary Clinton is in the health care business once again. On Monday, Clinton unveiled the “American Health Choices Plan,” her latest bid to enact universal coverage by expanding government control over health care. Meet the new Hillary Clinton, same as the old Hillary Clinton.

9/18/2007 - Health care, the Swiss way - Everyone knows our health-care system, superior as it is in many ways, is too expensive, bureaucratic and wasteful. Basically, we hand over $2.2 trillion.

9/12/2007 - Employers fail to make consumer-driven plans attractive - By Mary Jo Feldstein
So, after all the fuss about health insurance plans with high deductibles and special savings accounts, most employees aren't taking the bait.

9/5/07 OH - Sycamore Board of Education approves contract, adopts HSA The Sycamore Board of Education approved a three-year collective bargaining agreement with OAPSE (Ohio Association of Public School Employees) Local 243 during a special meeting Aug. 29.