February 01, 2009
Benjamin Zycher of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research reports the available data on the characteristics of Health Savings Accounts and the progress they have made in enrolling Americans and drawing them away from traditional, comprehensive insurance plans. He reports data showing that these policies are now used by over 6 million U.S. residents and that their use is growing at a rate higher than the one at which the assets in individual retirement accounts accumulated in the first years following their authorization.
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