prescriptions for OTC meds so they can be paid for with health savings accounts (HSAs)

March 2011

You'll get more prescriptions for OTC meds so they can be paid for with health savings accounts (HSAs).

Beginning this year, HSAs and flexible spending arrangements (FSAs) require prescriptions for all OTC meds except insulin.

OTCs may be less expensive in some situations...and can help patients use up funds in these accounts.

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