New Consumerism Will Test Behavioral Health Business Acumen: Think McDonald’s, Nordstrom & Marriott

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst

Cover Story

A recently released study reported that the number of people enrolled in consumer-directed health plans (with health savings accounts, HSAs, and high-deductible health-insurance policies), had tripled to more than three million people in ten months. HSAs are tax-free health care saving and spending accounts that are available in both the group and individual health insurance markets.

The growth of HSAs is just one indicator of the growing interest in “consumer-managed” health care - an alternative to . . .