Rule Changes Increase Flexibility in Pretax Health Care Accounts

"AS open enrollment season approaches for those with workplace health benefits, employees may want to take a fresh look at health care flexible spending accounts, if their employers offer them, because the rules for the accounts have changed.

Flexible spending accounts, or F.S.A.s, can help save money by letting people use pretax dollars to pay for costs a health plan doesn’t cover. That might include dental care, fertility treatments or equipment like blood pressure monitors. About 14 million families participate in health F.S.A.s, the federal government estimates."

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