Americans Rush to Open HSAs
VALLEY FORGE, PA. (ContentDesk via ContentDesk Direct) January 19, 2006 - Consumers are scrambling to get their new Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) opened by 2006, according to PFPC, a leading provider of processing, technology and business solutions whose central processing and call center in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, recently saw the number of new health savings accounts (HSAs) being opened triple in just three days. Anticipating a flurry of calls and questions from new account holders, PFPCs call center staff levels are already ramped up and ready for the expected end-of-the-year rush.This rush reflects advice from many financial experts who say that some consumers may be able to save considerably in terms of taxes this year by having their HSA set up and initially funded by April 15, 2006. These new account holders are in the vanguard of consumer-directed healthcare, and like most first responders, they have questions as they set up their new accounts. We expect a significant increase in the number of calls as people get their HSAs in place, said Laura Glammer, vice president and director of PFPCs Valley Forge call center.
Nearly 3,000 employees at just one client company opened new accounts over the past week, and we think its likely the volume will increase as account holders begin to both fund and withdraw money in the New Year. During the first three weeks of December, PFPC processed more than 12,000 new individual HSA accounts and new accounts are expected to continue to grow substantially in 2006. From a state-of-the-art centralized call center based in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, more than 300 PFPC professionals are dedicated to answering questions from account holders and mutual fund shareholders. Although HSAs have been available since 2004, they really took off in the most recent health plan open enrollment period and are a new savings vehicle for hundreds of thousands of Americans who will begin the new year enrolled for the first time in an HSA-qualified high deductible health plan, said James Gandolfo, senior director and vice president within global business development overseeing PFPCs HSA service offering.
PFPC, a member of The PNC Financial Services Group, offers fund accounting and administration, transfer agency, custody and subaccounting services for $1.9 trillion in total assets and more than 58 million shareholder accounts. PFPC also services and provides behind-the-scenes support to HSA account holders on behalf of clients across the country. Our third-party HSA customer servicing includes enrollment, recordkeeping and transaction processing on behalf of banks, insurance companies and health plans.
Please visit us at www.pfpc.com.The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is one of the nation's largest diversified financial services organizations providing consumer and business banking; specialized services for corporations and government entities, including corporate banking, real estate finance and asset-based lending; wealth management; asset management and global fund services..
Turning NMA to PMA
I recently re-read the amazing book by Napoleon Hill and W. Clement Stone entitled 'Success through a Positive Mental Attitude'. WOW, what an eye-opener.Napoleon Hill's books are legendary in their message and this one is no exception and W. Clement Stone was one of the most successful salesmen in the entire Insurance industry. Together they weave a rich tapestry of ideas, formulas and principles by which to achieve exactly what it is you want out of Life.The main thread running through the book is one of changing your mind from a predominantly negative attitude to a positive one.
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Five Myths About The "NMP" (No Meat Or Poultry) Eating Style
Are you being held back from choosing a healthier lifestyle because you believe one of the many myths about going meatless? Many people who could greatly benefit from going what I call"NMP" (no meat or poultry, yes to fish, dairy products and eggs), whether full-time, or from time-to-time, do not do sobecause they are misinformed. That's too bad, because eating more of a plant-based diet, is being pointed to more and more as a great way to maintain good health or lessen the severityof illness or disease when it does strike. So let's dispel some of those myths right now!Myth 1: A diet without meat and poultry is boring and hard to stick with.Not true! Forget everything you've heard about going meatless either full-time, or from time-to-time. I follow an "NMP" eating style full-time, and I regularly eat delicious food likecheeseburgers, chicken parmesan, tacos, BLTs and chicken caesar salad (in their non-meat/poultry versions of course). Myth 2: When you go "NMP", you have trouble getting...
Five Myths About The "NMP" (No Meat Or Poultry) Eating Style
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Stupidman Gets Colonoscopied
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Lowering Your Auto Insurance Costs
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Health insurance tvs Americans Rush to Open HSAs
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