A nagging question for human resource decision-makers: How do CDHC plans, which are usually high deductible health plans paired with innovative programs, compare with traditional health insurance plans? It’s not always easy to explain, but consultant Jay Savan, a principal at Towers Perrin, spells out how they compare in this interview. Savan, who has been on the forefront of the consumer-directed health care movement since 1998, believes that account-based consumer-directed health care is “the way health insurance is going to right itself.” He’s been in the industry, primarily advising employers, since 1985 and has worked for A. Foster Higgins & Co. (now part of Mercer) and Arthur Andersen, among others.