HB 2875 creating state employee health savings accounts raises more questions than answers, the Federation’s Dennis Eagle told the House Health Care and Wellness Committee Thursday.]
The bill requires the Public Employees Benefit Board to develop and approve a health savings account with a high-deductible health plan as an option for employees.
Health savings accounts are growing in popularity, Eagle said, but “we have strong concerns that HSAs will result in adverse selection and jeopardize the integrity of the risk pool.
“We believe it create a disincentive to cut corners to save money and take away from preventative care, wellness and health maintenance. We are concerned these disincentives will ultimately result in higher costs to the system and with state employees health benefits under siege, we’re sensitive to cost issues right now."
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