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Senate Finance Committee Considering Excise Tax on Health Benefits.

by Martin Trussell on August 18, 2009

in Flexible Spending Accounts,health insurance,Health Savings Accounts,politics

Word is coming out of the Senate Finance Committee that consideration is being given to imposing an excise tax on health care benefits that exceed a specified threshold beginning in 2013. Although the threshold amount has not been finalized, reports suggest that the Committee may be considering $21,000 for family coverage. Reports also indicate that [...]

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Washington D.C. Residents Most Fit.

by Martin Trussell on May 27, 2009

in Health,health insurance,wellness

I have always wondered who all those people are I see riding bikes along he Potomac and jogging around the National Mall when I am visiting the nation’s capital. I always thought they were tourists. But, now I must assume that they are local residents doing what D.C. residents do best – staying fit. Way to go Washington!

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IRS Announces 2010 HSA Limits

by Martin Trussell on May 15, 2009

in health insurance,Health Savings Accounts

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced the 2010 inflation adjusted amounts for health savings accounts (HSAs) in Revenue Procedure 2009-29. Annual contribution limitation. For calendar year 2010, the annual limitation on deductions under a high deductible health plan is $3,050 for an individual with self-only coverage, and $6,150 for an individual with family coverage. [...]

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PA Hospitals Blame Consumer-driven Health Plans for Financial, Health Woes.

by Martin Trussell on April 17, 2009

in Consumer-driven Health Care,health insurance,Health IT,Health Savings Accounts,HSAs

A group of hospital officials in Pennsylvania came out this week with statements saying that consumer-driven health plans are making people sicker, not healthier, and hurting the financial health of hospitals. According to a news story that originally appeared in The Patriot-News, Carolyn F. Scanlan, the president and CEO of the Hospital and Healthsystem Association [...]

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New Marketing Tool Captures Brands’ “Share of Voice” on the Social Web.

by Martin Trussell on February 11, 2009

in health insurance,Social media

When my call went out a few weeks ago to find health plans that were using social media as a means of engaging their members, one of the people who got in touch with me was Gretchen Miller of Vitrue, Inc. Gretchen was quick to tell me that, while she was not with a health [...]

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Visa Pre-Paid Forum will Address use of Stored-Value Cards in Health Care

by Martin Trussell on January 26, 2009

in Health IT

Later this afternoon I will be making my way to Phoenix for the annual Visa Prepaid Forum. This is the event hosted yearly by the people at Visa who work to bring us those stored value cards like the gift cards that look and operate pretty much like a bank debit card. The Forum will [...]

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