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I have been watching the Olympic flame protests over the past few days and have been wondering…what can I do to get the same spotlight turned to Health Spending Accounts? Don’t get me wrong, the protests regarding China, Tibet, and the Olympics are a bigger news story but I think it would be interesting if Canadians said enough is enough and headed to the streets to protest!
What would we protest? Why accessibility of course. Why are HSAs offered by only a few providers and why are they limited to business? Shouldn’t everyone have access to an HSA as they do in the United States? Is this the result of some anti-HSA sentiment lurking in the bowels of Ottawa? Why do Canadian families without a company sponsored plan have to use a high-priced drug insurance product from the big-three insurers when an HSA would be a better solution? Why Ottawa? Why?
It is a shame people do not get more enraged over this and want to start protesting. I can imagine a field of men, women, and children holding candles oustide of the Ministry of Finance in Ottawa. We would be singing classic HSA protest songs like “All we are saying is give HSAs a chance”, “We’re here we’re sick, and we want HSAs”, or my favorite…”I am HSA, hear me roar, in numbers too big to ignore..”. Good times.
Oh well, I will continue my blog until such time in hopes that someone in Ottawa will hear my cry…Vive la Revolution!
