{"id":16037,"date":"2020-05-20T11:18:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T15:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16037"},"modified":"2020-05-20T11:18:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T15:18:30","slug":"the-value-of-a-health-savings-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16037","title":{"rendered":"The value of a Health Savings Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Health savings accounts (HSAs) have triple tax benefits and it can be a powerful retirement savings vehicle. If an employer makes a contribution to an employee\u2019s HSA, the contribution is not included in the employee\u2019s gross income. Also, when an individual contributes to an HSA, that contribution is deductible and the money can be invested and the investment returns compound tax-free, increasing the value of the account. If the distributions from an HSA are used to pay for or reimburse the HSA owner for qualified medical expenses, they are not taxed. For more ways to maximize the benefits of health savings account, click on link\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/bobcarlson\/2020\/05\/19\/7-ways-to-maximize-the-benefits-of-hsas\/#f8ac53398b81\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_m_63354325hsa-health-savings-account-medical-700x464.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8394\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_m_63354325hsa-health-savings-account-medical-700x464-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_m_63354325hsa-health-savings-account-medical-700x464-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_m_63354325hsa-health-savings-account-medical-700x464.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health savings accounts (HSAs) have triple tax benefits and it can be a powerful retirement savings vehicle. If an employer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance","category-hras"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16037"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16038,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16037\/revisions\/16038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}