The Consumer's Guide to Health Savings Accounts

"Let's get the consumer in the game. The idea behind HSAs is a 'supercharged IRA' for health care...No other program is as tax advantaged." -John W. Snow, Treasury Secretary "...HSAs can drastically lower an employer's costs of providing employee health benefits. This may allow more small businesses to offer such benefits." -Fed Brock, The New York Times "These accounts give workers the security of insurance against major illness, the opportunity to save tax-free for routine health expenses...