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HSA Help Uninsured
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
1.3.2006
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , January 3, 2006
Letter to the Editor
Your report rightly noted that consumer-driven health
plans encourage smart shopping, as opposed to the
all-you-can-use mentality of traditional health insurance
("Survey says many wary of 'consumer' health trend," Dec.
9).
However, I wish you'd mentioned how these cost savings
are helping the uninsured and low-income as health care
costs rise. Around 40 percent of people purchasing
individual Health Savings Account policies were
previously uninsured. And 40 percent of HSA purchasers
make less than $50,000 a year. HSAs are allowing many to
buy health coverage when they couldn't afford to before.
SALLY C. PIPES
San Francisco
President & CEO
Pacific Research Institute
Sally C. Pipes is president and chief executive officer
of the Pacific Research Institute and author of "Miracle
Cure: How to Solve America's Health Care Crisis and Why
Canada Isn't the Answer." She can be reached at
spipes@pacificresearch.org.
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