Listed below are direct links to Council on Medical Service (CMS) reports from June 1998 to the present related to health savings accounts (HSAs), health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs), and other forms of consumer-driven health care. The recommendations in these reports reflect the final actions of the AMA House of Delegates and are official AMA policy.

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The Role of Cash Payments in All Physician Practices (PDF, 46KB)
CMS Report 3, A-08

Tax Implications of Eliminating the Employee Income Tax Exclusion for Employer-Sponsored Insurance (PDF, 75KB)
CMS Report 5, A-08

Standardizing AMA Policy on the Tax Treatment of Health Insurance (PDF, 58KB)
CMS Report 8, A-08

Study of Cost Sharing Arrangements in Prescription Drugs (PDF, 31KB)
CMS Report 1, I-07

Trends in Employment-Based Health Insurance (PDF, 47KB)
CMS Report 4, I-07

Update on Store-Based Health Clinics (PDF, 46KB)
CMS Report 5, A-07

Adequacy of Health Insurance Coverage (PDF, 46KB)
CMS Report 7, A-07

Store-Based Health Clinics (PDF, 61KB)
CMS Report 7, A-06

Update on HSAs, HRAs, and Other Consumer-Driven Health Care Plans (PDF, 171KB)
CMS Report 3, I-05

Health Savings Accounts (PDF, 232KB)
CMS Report 6, A-04

Health Reimbursement Arrangements (PDF, 102KB)
CMS Report 3, I-03

Establishing Multi-Year Mutual MSA Trust Accounts (PDF, 55KB)
CMS Report 2, A-03

Medical Savings Accounts and Health Care Coverage of Dependent Children (PDF, 136KB)
CMS Report 3, I-02

Transitional Issues in Moving Toward a System of Individually Selected and Owned Health Insurance (PDF, 91KB)
CMS Report 2, I-01

Evolving Internet-Based Health Insurance Marts (PDF, 108KB)
CMS Report 5, A-01

Critical Expansion of Medical Savings Accounts (PDF, 93KB)
CMS Report 10, I-99

Consumer-Driven Health Care (PDF, 80KB)
CMS Report 12, A-98

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