Liberating Health Savings Accounts
Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) have introduced legislation to eliminate many of the restrictions currently placed on HSAs and FSAs. For instance, the bill would allow HSA accounts to be used to pay health insurance premiums. The bill allows eligible spouses 55 and older to make HSA catch-up contributions to the same HSA account and it allows Medicare beneficiaries to contribute to HSAs after age 65. Also, Medicare beneficiaries in an MSA plan will be able to contribute their own tax-deductible money to their MSAs.