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Be Well: Health Savings Accounts On The Rise, But Many Don't Understand Them

 

For many workers, it's an annual ritual:  fall rolls around and they need to make decisions about their health insurance plan. One option many are likely to encounter is a health savings account paired with a high-deductible health insurance plan.

But do we know how to use it? Health reporter Sarah Jane Tribble sat down with ideastream's Anne Glausser to help us understand this trend.

 

Extra reading:

" Health Savings Accounts Growing, Especially Among the Better Paid," by Ann Carnns, New York Times, Sept. 11, 2015