HSA & FSA
A Health Savings Account (HSA) allows you to set aside money on a pretax basis to pay for qualified expenses, such as doctor visits, prescriptions, braces, or even Lasik eye surgery, with tax-free dollars. There is no use it or lose it rule with HSAs. Any remaining balance at the end of the year will roll over into the next plan year. HSAs are also portable. This means that if you were to change jobs or health plans, the money in your account stays with you.
A Flexible Spending Account, or FSA, is an account set-up by your employer that allows you to pay for medical and dependent care expenses on a pre-tax basis. Pre-tax means before federal, state, and social security taxes are deducted from your paycheck. Refer to the IRS website for a full list of qualified and unqualified expenses. Our FSA Administrator is iSolved.
If you elect a Medical HDHP and an HSA account you are eligible to elect the Limited FSA. You may not elect the FSA with the Medical HDHP.