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The House Ways and Means Committee approved in September the Health Opportunity Patient Empowerment Act of 2006 (H.R. 6134), a measure that would raise the limit on employee and employer contributions to tax-advantaged health savings accounts (HSAs), allow tax-free rollovers from other tax-advantaged savings accounts to HSAs, and provide incentives for employees to enroll in HSAs. Ways and Means Chairman Bill Thomas (R-CA) has said the bill could pass before the 109th Congress adjourns in January. More Women Buy Supplemental Insurance Purchasers of supplemental insurance products, such as disability and critical illness policies, are overwhelmingly female and middle-aged, according to a study by disability insurance provider UnumProvident. Business Group Calls For Improved Health Care Quaility And Safety Standards A health benefits advocacy group representing 250 large employers has issued a set of recommendations urging employers that offer health care benefits to demand that hospitals and other medical providers meet standards for quality and safety. Employees Worry About Health Benefit Reductions Faced with rapidly escalating medical costs and increasingly complex insurance plans, most employees are concerned about health care affordability and reductions in health benefits; furthermore, they want assistance from their employers in managing health care, according to two recently published surveys. |
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