Expanding Patient Power: Ideas For The 108th Congress; NCPA to Host Briefing to Discuss Reforms to MSAs, FSAs and HRAs 1/29/2003
From: Sean Tuffnell or Richard Walker, 800-859-1154, both of National Center For Policy Analysis E-mail: stuffnell@ncpa.org News Advisory: Amid skyrocketing health care costs and growing concerns over health care quality, the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) will host a Capitol Hill briefing Thursday, Jan. 30, to examine needed reforms to Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), and Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs). The briefing will discuss: -- What are the barriers to the use of these accounts? -- What problems do employers and employees have using these accounts? -- What reforms would make these accounts available to more people and be better able to meet patient needs? WHO: National Center For Policy Analysis MSAs -- Senator Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho) FSAs - Rep. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) HRAs - Ronald E. Bachman, PricewaterhouseCoopers Moderator - John C. Goodman, NCPA president WHAT: Congressional Briefing: "Expanding Patient Power" WHEN: Thursday, Jan. 30, 12:30 P.M. - 2 p.m. WHERE: 311 Cannon House Office Building Please R.S.V.P. to the contact listed above ------ The NCPA is an internationally known nonprofit, nonpartisan research institute with offices in Dallas and Washington, D. C. that advocates private solutions to public policy problems. We depend on the contributions of individuals, corporations and foundations that share our mission. The NCPA accepts no government grants. |