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Stark/ Waxman & the GAO

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) and House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Pete Stark (D-CA) chose to release a report they requested from the General Accountability Office on the same day as the AHIP survey was released, even though the report was delivered to the Chairmen on April 1.  The Chairmen's press release, seeking to throw cold water on the otherwise solid numbers from AHIP, says the report shows that HSAs are used more often as a tax shelter by wealthy individuals rather than as a mechanism to help working families obtain needed health care.

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New HSA Survey

America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) just released its 4th annual survey of Health Savings Account plans.  As of January, 2008, more than 6.1 million Americans are covered by Health Savings Account (HSA) insurance plans, a 35 percent increase over last year and almost double the number in 2006.

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