The following newspapers recently published articles examining health costs, health savings accounts, consumer-directed health plans and other health insurance options.

• Arizona Republic: "Employers Slow to Try HSAs: Accounts May Offer Insurance Savings" (Snyder, 10/18).
  
  
• Baltimore Sun: "Shopping for Health Care: Across the Country, Momentum is Building Toward Consumer-Directed Accounts as a Cost-Effective Alternative to Traditional Coverage, but Opinions Differ" (Salganik, 10/17).
  
  
• Baltimore Sun: "Health Savings Accounts Not for Everybody" (Ambrose, 10/17).
  
  
• Baltimore Sun: "The Impact: How Three Households Confront Health Coverage Decisions" (10/17).
  
  
• Los Angeles Times: "Not a Future They Expected: As Companies Cut Back on Medical Benefits, Some Retirees Struggle to Pay for Care" (Costello, 10/18).
  
  
• Long Island Newsday: "Health Insurance Choices and Risks: As Costs Rise, Employees Are Increasingly Asked To Pick from Multiple Plans, in Effect Gambling on How Often They'll Have to Use Them" (Luhby, 10/18).
  
  
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "Looking for an Answer: Proponents Wary of Health Savings Accounts: Even Supporters Doubt Health Savings Accounts Will Be the Prescription To End Nation's Runaway Medical Costs" (Gaynor, 10/17).
  
  
• Washington Post: "Medical Alert: Your Health Benefits Are Changing" (Crenshaw, 10/17).