As more people get high-deductible health insurance plans in conjunction with a health savings account, they are paying more attention to the fees they are being charged. Savvy consumers are discovering a wide range of prices among various providers, and many ways to reduce their hospital bills and avoid over-charges.
Year-end Health Savings Account Tax Strategies
2007 is just around the corner, and there are several issues to consider if you currently have an Health Savings Account (HSA), or are planning on getting one in the near future.
Using A Health Savings Account To Buffer The Coming Medicare Insolvency
The Medicare Trust Fund will soon be out of money, and there will be no practical way for the government to continue to provide the level of benefits that current Medicare recipients receive. The result will be serious rations, waiting periods, and a reduction in benefits. If you wish to maintain your medical freedom, and have access to a high level of medical service, you must be prepared to pay for it yourself. The best strategy is to take good care of your health, and to b…
Maybe You Can Afford Health Insurance
As a health insurance agent, I call many potential clients and hear the same thing! They tell me that they’ve already spoken to an insurance agent, know how much health insurance will cost them, and tell me that they are very sorry, but they just cannot afford the bill! When I ask them how much the agent quoted them, I find that they were given price estimates two or three times more than my initial offer.
How Health Savings Accounts Reduce Medical Expenses And Help You Avoid Metabolic Syndrome
The most common set of diseases facing Americans moving into their 40’s and beyond has been termed “metabolic syndrome”. Metabolic syndrome is a collection of disease symptoms that tend to occur together. These are excess body fat around your waist, high blood pressure, high LDL cholesterol, low HDL cholesterol, elevated triglyceride levels, and high fasting blood sugar.
Heath Savings Accounts (HSAs) Mean Big Tax Savings
Health Savings Accounts, or HSAs, can save individual taxpayers as much as $1,600 annually in income taxes. Best-selling Quicken for Dummies author and CPA Stephen L. Nelson explains how HSAs work, why they save money, and where one goes to set an HSA up.
Using Your Health Savings Account to Build Retirement Savings
Learn about Health Savings Accounts and how you can use them to plan and prepare for retirement
The New Way To Lower The Cost Of Health Insurance
It seems that every day there is an article about the rising cost of health insurance, the high number of people with no health insurance, and our system of financing medical care which is broken and needs repair or replacement.
Health Savings Accounts Put You in Control of Your Healthcare
Proponents of a “single-payer” healthcare system are ignoring what is going on in Canada and England. As more Americans discover health savings accounts, the result will be lower costs, greater choice, and higher quality medical care.
Can Health Savings Accounts Bring Down High Healthcare Costs?
More and more people now have the opportunity to choose Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) over other, more traditional, health insurance coverage more companies and financial institutions offer this option than ever before. For the healthcare consumer, this is good news. When the community as a whole is given more choice when it comes to healthcare options, everyone benefits. HSAs let you decide how to manage your own medical needs and work out a financial plan that works best…