The Commonwealth Fund -- why don't they just call themselves the Single Payer Society and get it over with? -- claims there are only 1 million people in consumer directed health plans, that most of them were forced into them at gunpoint and all of them just hate being in them (as opposed to be in a Canadian paradise or something like Medicaid). The Fund ignores data from various plans including UnitedHealth Group showing patients under high-deductible health plans with a health savings account (HSA) are more likely to seek preventive care and are far less likely to visit emergency rooms for non-emergency care.
Moreover, it turns out that half of all people without insurance have chosen to go without despite having been offered it by their employers or by a state run health program. Now that's really consumer directed health care.
Moreover, it turns out that half of all people without insurance have chosen to go without despite having been offered it by their employers or by a state run health program. Now that's really consumer directed health care.
