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CDHC is "lifeboat" of reform

We have yet to see the CDHC growth curve, but HRAs and HSAs are set to explode, and the growth will be driven by employers.

By Danielle Andrus | Updated on April 22, 2010

Reform worries dominated the Benefits Selling Expo this year. Presenters spoke to packed rooms in sessions about what to expect and how to prepare for changes in the industry. But there may yet be a solution. As Greg Scandlen proposed in his keynote speech Tuesday, consumer-driven health care could be the answer to the questions Washington asks.

First Horizon Msaver’s Craig Keohan and Eric Johnson educated a rapt audience Tuesday afternoon on the value consumer-directed health care can provide. Reform, or “Washington-directed health care” as they call it, doesn’t address rising costs or personal responsibility, they said. Monthly premiums are generally lower than traditional premiums, and medical costs are 14 percent lower in the first year of using a consumer-directed health plan. The savings increase with each year.

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