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More consumer-direct fall enrollment options seen for employees but employers cool to plans

Published in Biotech Business Week, November 27th, 2006

The once-explosive growth of consumer-directed health (CDH) plans has cooled but will remain strong during this fall's open-enrollment period, according to a new national survey of employee benefits consultants conducted by Inside Consumer-Directed Care (ICDC) newsletter and the International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists (ISCEBS).

A year ago, respondents had higher expectations for CDH implementation among their largest clients. Respondents then predicted 23% of "jumbo" employers, those with more than 10,000 employees each, would offer an account-based plan for 2006. That prediction fell short, according to this year's survey results. Respondents...

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Source: Biotech Business Week (2006-11-27)

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