Consumer Directed Health Plans: Small but Growing Enrollment Fueled by Rising Cost of Health Care Coverage

April 2006 Consumer Directed Health Plans: Small but Growing Enrollment Fueled by Rising Cost of Health Care Coverage Consumer Directed Health Plans (CDHP) constitute a small but growing share of the private health insurance market. Publicly available survey data indicate that the number of enrollees and dependents with CDHP coverage increased from about three million in January 2005, to between about five million and six million in January 2006 - still a small share of the 177 million enrollees and dependents with private health insurance coverage. Many health insurance carriers offer CDHPs to employers and individuals. The number of employers offering . . .