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It’s Time for a Mid-Year Financial Check-Up

Money Talk

Last year, I wrote a blog post about mid-year financial check-up s for the OneOp Personal Finance team. In it, I urged a review of tax deductions/credits, tax withholding, budgeting/cash flow, flexible spending accounts, financial goal progress, and investment portfolio status. have generally trended up.

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HRA Gym Cost Reimbursement? Not So Fast Says IRS

InterWest Insurance Services

The bulletin focuses on medical savings accounts that employers will often sponsor, including flexible spending accounts (FSAs), health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) and health savings accounts (HSAs), which are funded by employees’ untaxed earnings.

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How HRAs Can Help Your Employees Pay for Medical Expenses

InterWest Insurance Services

As rising health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs for health care are burdening workers, more employers are looking for ways to help their staff put aside money for those expenses. Unlike HSAs and flexible spending accounts, though, HRAs are solely funded by employers.

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3 Ways to Survive Your Company’s Benefits Enrollment

Benefit Resource Inc.

But for those who don’t live in a daily world of healthcare jargon, what are out of pocket expenses? An out-of-pocket expense, according to HealthCare.gov , is “Your expenses for medical care that aren’t reimbursed by insurance. Flexible Spending Account. This is a high level chart.

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7 ways to use up your FSA money in 7 days

Benefit Resource Inc.

One of the most common employer-provided benefits is a Flexible Spending Account (FSA). If you have an FSA, you know it’s a use-or-lose account and the “lose” time frame is approaching. (If If you still have outstanding out-of-pocket costs from 2018, you may be able to pay some of them with your FSA.

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Identify Your Workers’ Needs, Consider Costs before Open Enrollment

InterWest Insurance Services

Employees have a right to understand the costs they’ll be facing in each plan, including: Their share of the premium, Their deductible, Their copays or coinsurance, and Other out-of-pocket expenses. Typically, the higher the premium on a plan, the lower the employee’s out-of-pocket costs are.

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Health Expenses a Major Source of Mental Health Issues for U.S. Workers

InterWest Insurance Services

It stressed two main points: High deductibles — The report found one of the main drivers of stress was high deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs. That highlights the need for employees to set aside funds for health care expenses through health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts and health reimbursement accounts.