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Health Savings Accounts have the potential to not only allow investors to cover their health-care costs with tax-free dollars, but to also help protect against periods of unemployment and during retirement.

If you are under 65, you can establish a Health Savings Account (HSA) when you choose one of the high-deductible health insurance plans that work with an HSA. You can even keep an HSA while you have another insurance policy, but you cannot have medical expenses paid by both your HSA and the other insurance.

To work with an HSA, health insurance plans need a deductible of at least $1,050 for individuals or $2,100 for families. In addition, health insurance plans must have a limit of $5,250 for individual and $10,500 for family out-of-pocket expenses.

One of benefits of HSA plans is the range of investment options available. Do you plan to use your HSA funds in the near future? If so, you will probably want a more liquid, interest-bearing account, such as a savings account. If you are more interested in saving long-term and do not expect to use your HSA funds right away, look at more lucrative investment options.

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If you’ve decided this is the last year you’re going to let tax-deductions for your healthcare expenses slip away, check out Health Savings Accounts. A Health Savings Account (HSA) offers the tax advantages of tax-free interest, and tax deductions for health-related expenses.

To get started, choose the bank or trustee you want to administer your HSA.

You can find a list of HSA Administrators, as well as information on fees, interest rates, and investment options. If you want your money invested in an interest-earning savings account, choose one with lower or zero fees. You can also place your HSA funds with an administrator offering investment options.

There are three ways you can fund your HSA. You can contribute to your HSA only when you incur health-related expenses, and immediately withdraw funds to reimburse yourself. That way, you are making your health-related expenses tax-deductible. You can also fully fund your HSA, and let what you don’t need for health-related expenses grow tax-deferred. Anoth

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