Tax-Advantaged Accounts for Health Care Expenses : Side-by-Side Comparison.

Provides background information on tax-advantaged accounts permitted under current law to help people pay for unreimbursed medical expenses, including flexible spending accounts (FSAs), health reimbursement accounts (HRAs), health savings accounts (HSAs), and Archer medical savings accounts (MSAs)....

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2006.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Savings accounts. Health insurance. Medical economics. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Provides background information on tax-advantaged accounts permitted under current law to help people pay for unreimbursed medical expenses, including flexible spending accounts (FSAs), health reimbursement accounts (HRAs), health savings accounts (HSAs), and Archer medical savings accounts (MSAs). Presents side-by-side comparisons of the principal features of FSAs, HRAs, HSAs, and MSAs, and reviews rules regarding eligibility, contributions, qualifying expenses, nonqualified withdrawals, and carryover of unused funds for the 2006 tax year.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.