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A new study from Georgetown University offers a three-part strategy for cutting health insurance costs — a worthwhile goal if there ever was one.
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study → offer → costs
Remarkably, the plan would effectively eliminate one of the most powerful tools for constraining health spending and saving patients money — health savings accounts, or HSAs.
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plan → eliminate → money
That’s backward.
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That → ’ → ?
HSAs give patients more control over their healthcare dollars and expose our health sector to the market forces it sorely needs.
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it → give → forces
Policymakers should be putting them within reach of more of the public — not plotting their demise.
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Policymakers → put → demise
HSAs let patients set aside tax-advantaged money for future medical expenses.
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patients → let → expenses
Unused dollars remain the patient’s property and roll over from year to year.
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dollars → remain → year
That gives account holders an incentive to consider costs and shop around when they can.
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they → give → costs
And there’s evidence that HSAs can reduce healthcare spending.
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HSAs → ’ → spending
One study of more than 76,000 people at 709 employers found that HSA enrollees spent roughly 5% to 7% less on healthcare than people who remained in traditional health plans.
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who → find → plans
To contribute to an HSA, an account holder generally must have a qualifying high-deductible health plan.
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holder → contribute → plan
The Georgetown proposal would effectively do away with such plans by capping annual deductibles at $1,000 for individuals and $2,000 for families.
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proposal → do → families
The authors explicitly acknowledge that the change would “sunset” HSAs.
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change → acknowledge → HSAs
Lower deductibles don’t make the underlying cost of healthcare disappear.
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cost → make → healthcare
They require insurers to pay more of the bill — costs that are ultimately reflected in higher premiums.
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that → require → premiums
That’s the basic trade-off in health insurance.
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That → ’ → insurance
Plans with lower deductibles generally charge higher monthly premiums.
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Plans → charge → premiums
Congress has moved in the opposite direction of the Georgetown study authors by making all Bronze and catastrophic plans sold on the Obamacare exchanges HSA-compatible.
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plans → move → exchanges
Policymakers could build on that approach by making it easier for employers to contribute to workers’ HSAs and providing targeted help to lower-income households with less money to save.
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employers → build → money
That would give more families healthcare dollars of their own to manage while preserving access to lower-premium coverage.
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That → give → coverage
HSA-compatible coverage could also work better for patients with chronic conditions.
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coverage → work → conditions
Federal rules allow qualifying plans to cover certain high-value treatments before patients meet their deductibles.
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patients → allow → deductibles
Expanding that flexibility would make HSA-compatible plans useful to more people.
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plans → expand → people
If the Georgetown authors want to make healthcare more affordable, phasing out HSAs is the wrong approach.
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phasing → want → HSAs
Give more Americans the ability to save tax-free for healthcare, preserve access to lower-premium coverage, and let patients keep the savings when they spend their healthcare dollars wisely.
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they → give → dollars
Her latest book is The World’s Medicine Chest: How America Achieved Pharmaceutical Supremacy—and How to Keep It (Encounter 2025).
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America → achieve → Encounter
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