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IRS issues new guidelines for using HSA funds to pay for over the counter medicines

The IRS has clarified how tax exempt funds held in HSA and FSA accounts may be used to purchase over the counter medicines. Prior to the passage of...
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Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) popularity is growing but still largely misunderstood by consumers

The number of consumers who are enrolled in a high deductible health care plans coupled with an HSA grew by 2 million people in 2009. An annual...
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IRS confirms that 2010 contribution rules for HSA's remain the same for 2011

The IRS has published the contribution rules for Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) for 2011. The contribution levels will remain the same as they were...
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American employers continue to shift health insurance costs to employees

Employers are continuing to shift health insurance costs to their employees. Wells Fargo Benefits Marketplace Survey reported that in 2010 more...
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Employers who fail to offer Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) to employees misunderstand the concept

Employers are moving in the direction of offering, at least as one option, CDHPs coupled with Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) to their employees. A...
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Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) are becoming more popular with employers and employees

Employers who sponsor health insurance for their employees are beginning to understand and appreciate the benefits of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs...
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House health care reform bill would weaken tax advantages of HSAs and FSAs

Despite the assurance of President Obama that Americans who like their current health insurance coverage would not lose it, the recently passed...
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Will health care reform kill health savings accounts (HSAs)?

Bipartisanship is rearing its ugly head again in the health care reform movement. Despite President Obama’s promise that “if you like...
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What do health care reformers mean whey they talk about affordable premiums?

A key question in the health care reform movement is how to get health insurance for uninsured Americans at an affordable rate. A secondary but no...
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How the Senate Finance Committee would pay for its health care proposal

Paying for the health care reform proposal of the Finance Committee is set forth in a skimpy outline on two pages of the press release of Chairman...
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