MPC Member Publications

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Title: Health savings accounts: early estimates of national take-up.

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2005

ISSN: 0278-2715

DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.24.6.1582

PMID: 16284032

Abstract: The 2003 Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA) approved tax-advantaged health savings accounts (HSAs) for certain high-deductible health insurance plans. We predict that MMA could lead to approximately 3.2 million HSA contracts among Americans ages 19-64 who are not students, not enrolled in public health insurance plans, and not eligible for group coverage as a dependent. We simulate the effect of several additional tax subsidies for HSAs. We predict that the Bush administration's refundable tax-credit proposal would double HSA take-up and reduce the number of uninsured people by 2.9 million, at an annual cost of $8.1 billion.

Url: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16284032

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Authors: Feldman, Roger; Parente, Stephen T; Abraham, Jean Marie; Christianson, Jon B; Taylor, Ruth

Periodical (Full): Health affairs (Project Hope)

Issue: 6

Volume: 24

Pages: 1582-91

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