Roscoe Bartlett: “the American people have two major concerns about their health care insurance. One is can they afford it; and, second…”

“the American people have two major concerns about their health care insurance. One is can they afford it; and, second, will they be able to take it with them when they have to move from one job to another? First, the good news. A bipartisan majority in the House and the Senate supports passage of the Health Coverage Availability and Affordability Act, which addresses both of these problems. Now the bad news. One Member from the other side of the aisle in the other body is standing in the way because of his opposition to providing more Americans the option of choosing a medical savings account, or MSA, for their health insurance. Dozens of companies and thousands of employees around the country have MSAs. They love MSA's for three reasons. MSA's give employees control over how their health care dollars are spent and make them careful but satisfied shoppers.”