2006 Timeline.(Spotlight: Year in Review: Employee Benefits)(growth of health savings accounts as per America's Health Insurance Plans survey)(limit on contributions to health savings accounts to be increased)(Chrysler Group's new employees' health insurance plan based on salary and ranks)(Calendar)

Business Insurance, December, 2006

JANUARY Enrollment in health savings accounts linked to high-deductible health insurance plans more than tripled in 10 months, according to an America's Health Insurance Plans survey. As of Jan. 1, 2006, about 3.2 million people were covered by HSAs, with at least part of the surge in enrollment due to large employers offering HSAs for the first time.

FEBRUARY The maximum annual amount of money that could be contributed to HSAs would nearly double under a Bush administration proposal. Under the plan, the maximum HSA contribution would have been equal to the maximum out-of-pocket health expense an employee could incur. In 2006, the maximum out-of-pocket employee expense was $5,250 for a worker with single coverage; the maximum deductible was $2,700....

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