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Jonquilyn Hill

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1873 total appearances

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Today, Explained
Why your health insurance is so expensive

That's through your employer.

Today, Explained
Why your health insurance is so expensive

And there's a limit similarly to an HSA and you're putting money aside and you have to spend it all in that calendar year.

Today, Explained
Why your health insurance is so expensive

So you got to be careful about thinking about what you want to put aside.

Today, Explained
Why your health insurance is so expensive

Usually there's either a little bit of wiggle room around like tipping over that spending into the next year, or it could be that some employers could choose to let you carry a little of the money over a certain percentage of it for the full year.

Today, Explained
Why your health insurance is so expensive

But you can use that for lots of things.

Today, Explained
Why your health insurance is so expensive

The copay, the deductible.

Today, Explained
Why your health insurance is so expensive

You can use it for what you buy at CVS.

Today, Explained
Why your health insurance is so expensive

You'll look at the very end of your receipt at CVS and there'll be a line that says FSA eligible or HSA.

Today, Explained
Why your health insurance is so expensive

That can be deducted.

Today, Explained
Why your health insurance is so expensive

You can get that money back.

Today, Explained
Why your health insurance is so expensive

Yeah, I did discover that I could buy my fancy sunscreen with an FSA.

Today, Explained
Why your health insurance is so expensive

That was exciting.

Today, Explained
Why your health insurance is so expensive

I mean, I nerdily save all my CVS receipts.

Today, Explained
Why your health insurance is so expensive

And at the end of the year, when I realize I am running out of time to spend my FSA money, I go through them all and I find all sorts of things I never would have expected are covered by an FSA.

Today, Explained
Why your health insurance is so expensive

This whole process seems like it can be so confusing.

Today, Explained
Why your health insurance is so expensive

Do you find it confusing?

Today, Explained
Why your health insurance is so expensive

I mean, you cover this.

Today, Explained
Why your health insurance is so expensive

I find it very confusing.

Today, Explained
Why your health insurance is so expensive

My mother-in-law was trying to pick a plan through the ACA.

Today, Explained
Why your health insurance is so expensive

I found it very hard to help her.