Tools to Promote Health Savings Accounts

By Cynthia Overland, Karin Rettger, and Carol Sedlacko for PSCA’s HSA Committee

HSA education is a challenge for many employers; we provide some simple tools to help.

In PSCA’s 2021 HSA survey, employee education regarding HSAs continues to be the biggest challenge for plan sponsors. Employees are often confused about their health plan choices and do not understand the benefits of the HSA. In this article, we will provide some key talking points as well as a model tool you can use to demonstrate the benefits of the High Deductible Health Plan combined with an HSA compared to a traditional PPO option.

When providing materials to your employees, you may want to stress the following key talking points to educate them on the value of the HSA….