http://www.vitalonehealth.com/blog/todays-hsa-healthcare-suicide-act/ Health Insurance Plans. Healthcare news covered. Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:43:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.vitalonehealth.com/blog/todays-hsa-healthcare-suicide-act/comment-page-1/#comment-399 Nelson Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:21:41 +0000 http://www.vitalonehealth.com/blog/?p=892#comment-399 A health savings account (HSA) is not the same thing as flexible spending account (FSA). With an HSA, you put in money tax free but you're required to have a high deductible policy. The good news is anything left over at the end of the year you keep in the account. With an FSA you set aside tax free money over the year but what you don't spend gets forfeited. Confusing the two systems helps no one. A health savings account (HSA) is not the same thing as flexible spending account (FSA). With an HSA, you put in money tax free but you’re required to have a high deductible policy. The good news is anything left over at the end of the year you keep in the account. With an FSA you set aside tax free money over the year but what you don’t spend gets forfeited. Confusing the two systems helps no one.

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