Consumer-driven health care has become a popular term with the creation and wide spread adoption of personal health accounts, such as Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs), and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). However, as the popularity of these accounts has grown, so have issues that impact the ability of individuals to make decisions about their health care.
The Subsidy Scheme
The House just took an important step toward restoring sanity to America’s health care system by voting to support the Republican health care plan. While critics will reflexively attack the vote, the reality is that the right is finally confronting the real drivers of high health care costs. It rolls back costly federal mandates, expands...