Enrollment in high-deductible U.S. health insurance plans that incorporate personal health accounts increased to 23 million in 2009, up 27% from the 2008 total.
The American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations, Washington, have published those figures in an analysis based on survey data from Mercer, a unit of Marsh McLennan & Companies Inc., New York.
Most of the health account plans offer access to preferred provider organization networks, and small employers accounted for most of the growth in health account plan adoption at employers, the AAPPO reports.