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In reply to the discussion: I just spent two hours working on complete horseshit. [View all]MarvinGardens
(779 posts)23. FSA are still around in some workplace plans.
So ACA did not eliminate them. However, unlike HSAs, every FSA plan I've seen had a "use it or lose it" provision. You have to spend your entire contribution within the year, or by April 15th of the next year, or you lose it. To me, that's absolutely outrageous and wrong, so I have never participated in an FSA.
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Single payer is used by very few countries to achieve Universal Health Care. Most use hybrid payers.
ehrnst
Jul 2019
#13
After getting a brain injury that sent me into seizures medical bills were a nightmare ...
uponit7771
Jul 2019
#15
There will be nothing "easy" about changing our baked in patchwork unregulated system,
ehrnst
Jul 2019
#26
I think you misunderstood me..complexity is burdensome. Many people can't cope.
lostnfound
Jul 2019
#37
As you personally experienced, it's not mixed payer the way some other countries are, where..
lostnfound
Jul 2019
#39