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Health Savings Account Supplement

"HSA Plus HDHP Could Spell Savings"

If you do not buy your own health insurance, you may not be familiar with something called a high-deductible health plan, or HDHP. Generally, with this type of plan, you agree to a high deductible of $1,000 or more in exchange for a greatly reduced monthly premium.

Many employers are offering HDHPs as a health-care choice, something you may be offered during your next open-enrollment period. Should you make the switch? You should if you are healthy, because you will save big — not so much because of the lower premium but because you may be able to open an IRS-approved health-savings account, or HAS, to go along with your HDHP.

Of course, just like all federally regulated situations, HSAs have rules:

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"Exploring the Health Savings Accounts; Is it Right For You"

The healthcare insurance marketplace, working with the federal government, has recently begun to offer an alternative to traditional health insurance. This new option, known as the Health Savings Account, is designed to give consumers more control and accountability for their health care spending and to ease the burden on employers who have been struggling under the continually increasing cost of healthcare.
The Health Savings Account (HSA) is a savings

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