Health Savings Accounts & High Deductible Health Plans: How They Affect Children


 

Publication Date: February 2005

Publisher: Children's Partnership

Author(s): Children's Partnership

Research Area: Health

Keywords: cost of health care; children's health care; health care savings account

Type: Brief

Abstract:

This issue brief by The Children's Partnership discusses Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) and introduces nine specific concerns about how these health insurance plans would affect children. This issue brief is intended to prompt discussion on the best way to provide insurance to all of America's children.