Poster
05-14-2004, 01:46 PM
Governor Jeb Bush is pushing firms to offer healthcare savings accounts, which he says will provide health insurance for about 3 million uninsured Floridians. A bill that was passed by the Legislature will require health insurance companies to offer these types of plans to small businesses.
"Health savings accounts allow employers to buy high-deductible health insurance policies with lower premiums if they also let employees put pretax money into savings accounts with the money slotted to go for routine health care."
"The accounts are meant to cover routine health care costs and prescription drugs. For hospitalization or catastrophic health care needs, the employee would still have the insurance plan, but the deductible would be high."
To learn more go to: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/sfl-fhealth14may14,0,2468832.story?coll=sfla-news-florida
"Health savings accounts allow employers to buy high-deductible health insurance policies with lower premiums if they also let employees put pretax money into savings accounts with the money slotted to go for routine health care."
"The accounts are meant to cover routine health care costs and prescription drugs. For hospitalization or catastrophic health care needs, the employee would still have the insurance plan, but the deductible would be high."
To learn more go to: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/sfl-fhealth14may14,0,2468832.story?coll=sfla-news-florida