Comments | leyba: Bye bye, tax breaks and Flexible Spending Account!

leyba

Bye bye, tax breaks and Flexible Spending Account!

Apr 27, 2010 11:30

(wrote this a few weeks back and have been meaning to post it when attached to the internet...)

On the one hand, I'm disappointed.

On the other hand, I'm relieved.

Dealing with our Flexible Spending Account administered here has been a pain: The back-end accounting aspects of it (wellness dollars vs 2009 dollars vs 2010 dollars) has been far ( Read more... )

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Bummer!!!! anonymous April 29 2010, 14:16:15 UTC

We love our FSA. It is very easy to use and we just pay first with a special credit card and the FSA items are charged to it. The balance stays on the register and I pay with my ordinary method. Orthodontia becomes a lot less expensive when you can pay up front with fsa (which my administrator allows but many don't). Unfortunately, I don't think my family will be done with orthodontia before 2013. This is a real bummer that is essentially a pretty large tax increase for my family. Just in time to pay for college in 2014.

It just feels like we can never "get ahead."

Re: Bummer!!!! leyba April 30 2010, 15:32:47 UTC

I used to love the FSA too. My company switched from Ceridian to ConnectYourCare, and all seemed well, especially their reimbursement process and the website until Mari changed her name. When I requested a new card, it came, with the old surname on it. Then when I requested it again (because of their error) they insisted they would have to charge me. You can only imagine my swearing when I hung up the phone. In the end, Mari just uses the old card and no one notices ( ... )

Re: Bummer!!!! ext_99707 April 30 2010, 15:37:55 UTC

You're probably right. Look at Lasik and how the costs have come down dramatically for it.