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Addressing US Healthcare Costs Beyond HSAs: Focus on Highest Expenditures

Explore how Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) may not fully address the cost issue as most expenses stem from the very sick. Get insights from 1997 data on expenditure distribution in the US population.

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Addressing US Healthcare Costs Beyond HSAs: Focus on Highest Expenditures

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  1. Figure 32. HSAs Won’t Solve the Cost Problem:Most Costs Are Concentrated in the Very Sick Distribution of health expenditures for the U.S. population, by magnitude of expenditure, 1997 Expenditurethreshold (1997 dollars) 1% 5% 10% $27,914 27% 50% $7,995 55% $4,115 69% $351 97% Source: A.C. Monheit, “Persistence in Health Expenditures in the Short Run: Prevalence and Consequences,” Medical Care 41, supplement 7 (2003):III53–III64.

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