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Paul Fronstin, Director, Health Research and Education Program, Employee Benefit Research Institute

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Paul Fronstin is a senior research associate with the Employee Benefit Research Institute, a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization committed to original public policy research and education on economic security and employee benefits. He is also Director of the Institute's Health Research and Education Program. Dr. Fronstin's research interests include trends in employment-based health benefits, consumer-driven health benefits, the uninsured, retiree health benefits, employee benefits and taxation, and public opinion about health care. He currently serves on the steering committee for the Emeriti Retirement Health Program. In 2001, Dr. Fronstin served on the Institute of Medicine Subcommittee on the Status of the Uninsured. Dr. Fronstin earned his Bachelor of Science degree from SUNY Binghamton and his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Miami. He has been with EBRI since 1993.

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May 24, 2010 08:43 AM

RE: A Future For Consumer-Directed Health Plans?

Employers May Move By 2018 To Avoid Tax In 2001, a handful of employers started offering health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs)—a then-new type of health plan known as a consumer-driven health plan (CDHP).  Ultimately, HRAs paved the way for health savings accounts (HSAs).  Initially, projections for growth in HRAs and HSA-eligible plans were strong.  Predictions for strong growth in CDHPs continued.  In 2005, the U.S. Treasury Department predicted that 25–30 million people would be covered by an HSA-eligible plan and would have an account by 2010 (See www.treas.gov/offices/public-affairs/hsa/pdf/fact-sheet-dramatic-growth.pdf, last accessed May 2010).  Similarly, Forrester Research predicted that CDHP enrollment could account…  Read more

 

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