Market sings praise after feds bless CDH.(consumer-driven health plans in the US)

The market successfully petitioned federal officials to bless consumer-driven health plans; next it will witness how many employers can be converted.

Plan vendors were perhaps the loudest members of the chorus after the Bush administration smiled upon their business models. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance released this summer allows tax-advantaged consumer health expense accounts to roll over from year to year and even be tapped as a source of retirement medical funding under certain plan designs.

"We're just very pleased that the IRS affirmed the m