Consumer Driven Health Care

Today is the fifth annual National Healthcare Decisions Day, which emphasizes the importance of advance care decision making can play.

Ask anyone what they ultimately want out of life, and there are sure to be a variety of answers. But one thing often tops the list: happiness.

Fidelitys HSA customer base jumped 61 percent to 119,000 from 74,000 at the end of 2010.

Positive news about HSA growth might lead one to draw the conclusion that HSAs and the underlying high-deductible health plans, or CDH plans, are assured a rosy future as they continue to build more and more market share. However, there may be storm clouds gathering on the horizon.

A federal judge will hold a hearing Tuesday afternoon on a request to immediately stop Express Scripts Inc.'s $29.1 billion acquisition of fellow pharmacy benefits manger Medco Health Solutions Inc.

Drugmaker Vivus Inc. said Monday that regulators will take another three months to make a decision on its closely-watched obesity drug Qnexa, which could become the first new prescription drug to reach the market in more than a decade.