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Financial Health

Six HSA Myths Dispelled

HSAs can save you money and aid in your retirement planning, regardless of where you are in your health journey. They’re more flexible than FSAs and can always be used to pay for dependents’ medical expenses, regardless of insurance coverage.

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Financial Health

What You Can Use Your HSA For This Summer

Your HSA can do more than you think. This summer, put it to work for sunscreen, travel health, fitness support, and more. See what’s eligible and make the most of your benefits all season long.

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Benefits / Healthcare / Financial Health

What is Whole Person Health and Why Is it Important?

Why companies must offer flexible, comprehensive benefits to address employees health holistically in order to boost employee performance and retention.

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Financial Health

Make the Most of Your Money: Invest Your HSA Funds

Why you may want to invest your HSA, advantage and disadvantages, and what to keep in mind when investing your HSA.

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Financial Health

Money Resolutions: Building an Emergency Fund

Building an emergency fund is crucial to enable you to cover a sudden health or life expense. Here's how to start saving for the unexpected.

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Financial Health

10 New Year’s Resolutions to Improve Your Finances

If you’re thinking about New Year’s Resolutions you’d like to make for the next year, you might want to consider including one or two from our list. The positive effects from improving your financial health will extend well beyond the coming year and could even help you to achieve longer-term goals that may seem out of reach.

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Benefits

2024 and 2025 HSA Maximum Contribution Limits

Lively · May 9, 2024 · 3 min read

On May 9, 2024 the Internal Revenue Service announced the HSA contribution limits for 2025. For 2025 HSA-eligible account holders are allowed to contribute: $4,300 for individual coverage and $8,500 for family coverage. If you are 55 years or older, you’re still eligible to contribute an extra $1,000 catch-up contribution.

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Benefits

What is the Difference Between a Flexible Spending Account and a Health Savings Account?

Lauren Hargrave · February 9, 2024 · 12 min read

A Health Savings Account (HSA) and Healthcare Flexible Spending Account (FSA) provide up to 30% savings on out-of-pocket healthcare expenses. That’s good news. Except you can’t contribute to an HSA and Healthcare FSA at the same time. So what if your employer offers both benefits? How do you choose which account type is best for you? Let’s explore the advantages of each to help you decide which wins in HSA vs FSA.

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Health Savings Accounts

Ways Health Savings Account Matching Benefits Employers

Lauren Hargrave · October 13, 2023 · 7 min read

Employers need employees to adopt and engage with their benefits and one way to encourage employees to adopt and contribute to (i.e. engage with) an HSA, is for employers to match employees’ contributions.

Disclaimer: the content presented in this article are for informational purposes only, and is not, and must not be considered tax, investment, legal, accounting or financial planning advice, nor a recommendation as to a specific course of action. Investors should consult all available information, including fund prospectuses, and consult with appropriate tax, investment, accounting, legal, and accounting professionals, as appropriate, before making any investment or utilizing any financial planning strategy.

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