TGIF

President Trump announced his blueprint for lowering drug prices today. Here's a link to a Fierce Healthcare article on the announcement.

The IRS announced 2019 chained CPI-U inflation adjusted amounts for health savings accounts and high deductible health plans. The HSA contribution limit is increased by $50 for self only coverage and $100 for family coverage. There's no change to minimum HDHP deductible, The out-of-pocket maximum for HDHP coverage is increased by $100 for self only coverage and $200 for family coverage. Fulsome details may be found in this Society of Human Resource Managers report.