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Managed Care Companies
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AETNA HAS 453,000 IN CONSUMER-DIRECTED HEALTH PLANS
Aetna Inc. (Hartford, CT) reported that it had 453,000 in its HealthFund consumer-directed HealthFund family of HRA and HSA-compatible high deductible health plans as of Dec. 31, 2005, more than double the 224,000 it had in 2004.
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HEALTH NET HSA UPTAKE SLOW, CFO SAYS
Health Net (Woodland Hills, CA) is experiencing slow uptake for HSA compatible high-deductible health plans, according to Buddy Piszel, chief financial officer. “We’d like to do better,” Piszel said at the UBS Global Healthcare Services Conference.
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AETNA IS A CDHP ‘LEADER,’ UBS SAYS
In a recent report on the outlook for the managed care industry, UBS analyst Justin Lake called Aetna Inc. (Hartford, CT) “a market leader in the consumer-directed health plan space.”
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MCOs DEFEND HSA PROFIT POTENTIAL
Managed care plans are publicly defending the profit potential of HRA and HSA-compatible high deductible health plans, amid concerns among some industry observers that these consumer-directed healthcare plans could eat into margins.
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