It looks like consumers are finally starting to drive their own health care.
A new report shows that just last year, Americans socked away a whopping $12.4 billion in 8.4 million health savings and reimbursement accounts last year. That's up from 1.3 million accounts full of $873.4 million in assets just five years ago.
Now these aren't exactly Apple earnings report-type numbers, but they're certainly impressive for a country full of spenders. These new numbers come from the just-published "2011 Consumer Engagement in Health Care Survey," sponsored by EBRI and Mathew Greenwald and Associates.
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