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• EBRI Issue Brief – January 2012

  

  Health Savings Accounts and Health Reimbursement Arrangements: Assets, Account Balances, and Rollovers, 2006–2011

  Account-based health plans continued to grow in 2011, increasing to $12.4 billion in assets among 8.4 million accounts, according to the latest survey by EBRI and Mathew Greenwald & Associates. That’s up more than 55 percent in the number of accounts and almost 70 percent in assets since 2010. Press release

• EBRI Issue Brief – December 2011

  

  401(k) Plan Asset Allocation, Account Balances, and Loan Activity In 2010

  After a decade marked by two severe bear markets, 401(k) plan participants have adopted a more balanced approach to their portfolios, according to a report released today by the Investment Company Institute (ICI) and the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI). Fears that younger participants in 401(k) plans would abandon stock investing are not borne out by the data, which suggest that greater use of target-date funds is helping workers keep their investing on track. Press release

• EBRI Notes – January 2012

  

  'The Impact of PPACA on Employment-Based Health Coverage of Adult Children to Age 26,' and 'Spending Adjustments Made By Older Americans to Save Money'

  Adult Children Coverage: PPACA, the new federal insurance law, has increased the health insurance coverage of adult children between 2009 and 2011, according to a new report by EBRI. Press release

  
  

  Spending Adjustments: More than 20 percent of americans age 50 and over report saving on health costs by switching to cheaper generic drugs, getting free samples, stopping pills or reducitn dosages, and nearly as many sip or postpone doctor appointsments for the same reason, according to a new report by EBRI. Press release 

• EBRI Issue Brief – December 2011

  

  Findings From the 2011 EBRI/MGA Consumer Engagement in Health Care Survey

  Enrollment in so-called “consumer-driven” health plans continued to grow in 2011, according to the 11th annual EBRI/MGA Consumer Engagement in Health Care Survey (CEHCS). In 2011, 7 percent of the population was enrolled in a consumer-driven health plan, or CDHP, compared with 5 percent a year ago. When children are included, about 21 million individuals with private insurance, representing about 12 percent of the market, were either in a CDHP or an HSA-eligible plan, the survey found. Press release

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