Benefits Basics
Find account overviews and benefits implementation best practices.
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Everything you need to know about Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (DCFSAs) can help families keep up with rising child and elder care costs. Find out how DCFSAs work, who is eligible, and how employees can take advantage of pre-tax savings to pay for care.
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Everything you need to know about Health Payment Accounts
Discover how Health Payment Accounts (HPAs) can help employees better afford healthcare expenses and streamline employer costs. An employer-sponsored benefit, an HPA can help employees cover out-of-pocket costs and plan flexible repayments.
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Webinar recap: 10 essential HSA questions answered
From maximizing contributions to understanding qualified expenses, we answer members' top 10 questions on how to take full advantage of HSAs to work toward their health and financial security.
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What benefits pros need to know about HSA tax filing
Be prepared for tax season with helpful resources to assist your employees with the information to make reporting tax-deductible HSA contributions and other filing tasks easier.
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How can an HSA or FSA be used to pay for dental services?
Employees often wonder about what a Health Savings Account (HSA) or Flexible Spending Account (FSA) covers for dental services. Here’s a look at all the ways an HSA or FSA can help people spend smarter and save on eligible dental care expenses.
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Clear savings: HSA and FSA coverage for vision services
You can use your HSA and FSA for a wide range of vision care. Here’s the scoop on eligible expenses for prescription sunglasses, contacts, eye exams, and more.
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HSA. FSA. HRA. HPA. LSA. What do all these even mean?
Navigate the world of healthcare with ease. Understand HSAs, FSAs, HRAs, LSAs, and HPAs so you can help guide your employees or clients to choose the best options for their unique health and finance needs.
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Qualified medical expenses
HSA funds can only be used to pay for qualified medical expenses. There are tax penalties if you use your HSA to pay for non-qualified medical expenses.
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The 3 tax advantages of HSAs
HSAs are unique in their triple tax savings: funds are tax-free going into the account, grow tax-free and if used for qualified medical expenses they are tax-free going out of the account.
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