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Legislation creating new incentives for Americans to contribute to health savings accounts (HSAs) was signed into law by President Bush on December 20, 2006. The law, the Health Opportunity Patient Empowerment Act of 2006, is part of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, which also includes extensions of tax breaks for college tuition, research and development, and energy efficiency investments. Despite these statutory enhancements, the issue of whether Americans will embrace consumer-driven health plans in significant numbers continues to be debated. Employers Can Do More To Help Employees Quit Smoking Employers must do more than simply ban smoking from the workplace if they want employees to quit the habit for good, the National Business Group on Health (NBGH) concluded in a recently released study of employers' approaches to smoking cessation. Universal Health Care Plan Proposed In Senate Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon has unveiled an ambitious plan to provide universal health care coverage for all Americans by requiring individuals to sign up for private insurance equal in quality to the coverage currently available to U.S. Congress members and federal workers. The proposed legislation would abolish employer-sponsored health plans but require companies to contribute to their workers' health insurance premiums, based on each employer's ability to pay. Parents' Concerns About After-School Care Lower Job Productivity Working moms and dads are less productive on the job when they are worried about what their children are doing in the after-school hours, according to a report by nonprofit research and advisory organization Catalyst. |
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