{"id":16117,"date":"2020-05-28T11:02:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T15:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16117"},"modified":"2020-05-28T11:02:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T15:02:16","slug":"possible-mid-year-changes-to-health-plans-expands-fsas-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16117","title":{"rendered":"Possible mid-year changes to health plans, expands FSAs and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year when you were picking your 2020 employer health insurance policy you couldn\u2019t have planned for the coronavirus pandemic. You may not be stuck with the choices you made in 2019 with respect to employer-provided health insurance and FSAs for 2020. Why?\u00a0 The IRS is letting workers make mid-year changes to their health insurance coverage and FSAs, but there\u2019s a catch.\u00a0 Your employer must modify its benefit plans so you can take advantage of the new rules.\u00a0 Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiplinger.com\/slideshow\/taxes\/T027-S001-mid-year-changes-to-your-health-plan-fsa-or-hsa\/index.html\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dreamstime_m_45697802health-insurance.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14819\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dreamstime_m_45697802health-insurance-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dreamstime_m_45697802health-insurance-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dreamstime_m_45697802health-insurance-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dreamstime_m_45697802health-insurance-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" 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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year when you were picking your 2020 employer health insurance policy you couldn\u2019t have planned for the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,21,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employer-healthcare","category-health-care-finance","category-hras"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16117","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=16117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16118,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16117\/revisions\/16118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}