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Analysis Of 13M+ Health Savings Accounts Reveals Balances Increasing in 2021: Report

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February 6, 2023 @ 10:37 am By Omar Faridi

In an analysis of its Health Saving Account (HSA) Database that was published recently, the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) found that, “despite health care expenditures increasing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, average HSA balances increased during 2021.”

In fact, the majority of accountholders “contributed more than they withdrew, which helps to improve financial wellness and better prepare accountholders to weather unexpected medical costs.”

Key findings in the research report include:

  • Accounts that received an employer contribution saw higher total contributions and were more likely to invest. This may be a sign that employer contributions can play a pivotal role in fostering accountholder engagement with their HSAs. However, research also found that accountholders were more likely to take more frequent and larger distributions.
  • Most accountholders took a distribution in 2021. More than half of HSAs in the EBRI database saw a distribution in 2021 and the average distribution was $1,786.
  • Still relatively few HSAs are invested. One of the largest advantages HSAs offer is the ability to invest assets within the account. However, EBRI’s analysis reveals that only 12% of accountholders invested their HSAs in assets other than cash.
  • Age and tenure play a major role in HSA utilization. Older accountholders tended to have higher average contributions and higher average balances than younger accountholders. Similarly, accountholders who have had their HSAs for a longer period tended to have higher average contributions, higher average balances and invested their balances in assets other than cash more frequently.

Jake Spiegel, research associate, Health and Wealth Benefits, EBRI, said:

“As high-deductible health plans and HSAs become further entrenched as an employee benefit offering, it is important for employers and policymakers alike to develop a full understanding of how both are used.”

The EBRI established its HSA Database nearly 10 years ago, “capturing the spending and savings behavior of 1.4 million HSAs.”

Since then, the EBRI HSA Database has “grown to account for 13.1 million HSAs in 2021, containing $39.5 billion in assets, and is estimated to represent 40% of the whole market.”

To view a summary of the Issue Brief, “Health Savings Account Balances, Contributions, Distributions, and Other Vital Statistics, 2021: Evidence From the EBRI HSA Database”, check here.

The Employee Benefit Research Institute is “a non-profit, independent and unbiased research organization that provides the most authoritative and objective information about critical issues relating to employee benefit programs in the United States.”

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