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You may wind up buying a wheelchair you don't need
15 years ago
Hey everyone,
Some of you may be lucky enough to work for a company that offers a flex account. Pre tax money you can set aside to spend on medical expenses like dental work, hospital visits, eye surgery and the like.
I set aside about $2,000 and never really got around to using it. So I bought as much over the counter stuff as I could use and wound up with a WHEELCHAIR because it was on the list of 'allowable expenses' Now at first, I was thinking of running some sort of jackass-style race downhill with some sort of javelin but I decided to buy as much as I could and donate it to various nursing homes in the area as I could.
Overall, I'll be able to spend almost ALL of it before the weekend's over (the deadline is monday) so don't be an idiot kids, if you've got flex SPEND it, or it's gone.
as is, I feel pretty good that almost none of it's going to waste.
Also EVERYONE is getting first aid kits for Christmas this year :/
Some of you may be lucky enough to work for a company that offers a flex account. Pre tax money you can set aside to spend on medical expenses like dental work, hospital visits, eye surgery and the like.
I set aside about $2,000 and never really got around to using it. So I bought as much over the counter stuff as I could use and wound up with a WHEELCHAIR because it was on the list of 'allowable expenses' Now at first, I was thinking of running some sort of jackass-style race downhill with some sort of javelin but I decided to buy as much as I could and donate it to various nursing homes in the area as I could.
Overall, I'll be able to spend almost ALL of it before the weekend's over (the deadline is monday) so don't be an idiot kids, if you've got flex SPEND it, or it's gone.
as is, I feel pretty good that almost none of it's going to waste.
Also EVERYONE is getting first aid kits for Christmas this year :/
--and yes that was a typo, i'm super tired and stressed out from this, trying to look on the bright side of things...
At my company, the insurance company provides a 'Health Savings Account' through a bank, this acts like a normal savings account, but it is tax free, and the money can only be used for healthcare related expenses. It also earns interest, and the moey does not go away at the end of the fisscal year. If you're healthy one year and do't need to use much of it, the unused portion is still around later.