This is a great op-ed by Jerry Heaster for the Kansas City Star on the benefits of Health Savings Accounts–“A healthy method of saving“:
The advent of health savings accounts brings not only a new wrinkle to the health care insurance mix but also another nest-egg-building opportunity for retirement. In fact, as the potential of this product for retirement savings becomes more appreciated, it’s reasonable to expect the concept leading to sweeping evolutionary changes in how America finances health care coverage.