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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 777910" data-attributes="member: 12952">Under the new health care law, consumers using workplace pre-tax health savings <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/10/15/new-health-care-rules-require-doctors-note-pay-otc-drugs-fsas/#" target="_blank">[COLOR=blue ! important][COLOR=blue ! important]accounts[/COLOR][/COLOR]</a> will soon need a doctor&#039;s note to pay for Tylenol and an estimated 15,000 other over-the-counter drugs.&nbsp; Starting Jan. 1, employees who use flexible&nbsp; spending accounts (FSAs), health saving accounts (HSAs), or health&nbsp; reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) to pay for common medications such as&nbsp; pain relievers, cold medicines, antacids and allergy medications will&nbsp; need prescriptions. The new rules don&#039;t apply to insulin.&nbsp; The new rules will also prohibit the use of FSA or HRA <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/10/15/new-health-care-rules-require-doctors-note-pay-otc-drugs-fsas/#" target="_blank">[COLOR=blue ! important][COLOR=blue ! important]debit [COLOR=blue ! important]cards[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]</a>&nbsp; provided by administrative plans for over-the-counter purchases,&nbsp; because the IRS says there&#039;s no way to prove the drugs were prescribed.&nbsp; The IRS says any money removed from HSA&nbsp; accounts to pay for medical expenses bought without a prescription will&nbsp; be included as taxable income and subject to an additional tax of 20&nbsp; percent.<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/10/15/new-health-care-rules-require-doctors-note-pay-otc-drugs-fsas/" target="_blank">http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/10/15/new-health-care-rules-require-doctors-note-pay-otc-drugs-fsas/</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 777910, member: 12952"] Under the new health care law, consumers using workplace pre-tax health savings [URL="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/10/15/new-health-care-rules-require-doctors-note-pay-otc-drugs-fsas/#"][COLOR=blue][COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=arial][COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=arial]accounts[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=arial][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL] will soon need a doctor's note to pay for Tylenol and an estimated 15,000 other over-the-counter drugs. Starting Jan. 1, employees who use flexible spending accounts (FSAs), health saving accounts (HSAs), or health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) to pay for common medications such as pain relievers, cold medicines, antacids and allergy medications will need prescriptions. The new rules don't apply to insulin. The new rules will also prohibit the use of FSA or HRA [URL="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/10/15/new-health-care-rules-require-doctors-note-pay-otc-drugs-fsas/#"][COLOR=blue][COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=arial][COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=arial]debit [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=arial][COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=arial]cards[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL] provided by administrative plans for over-the-counter purchases, because the IRS says there's no way to prove the drugs were prescribed. The IRS says any money removed from HSA accounts to pay for medical expenses bought without a prescription will be included as taxable income and subject to an additional tax of 20 percent. [url]http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/10/15/new-health-care-rules-require-doctors-note-pay-otc-drugs-fsas/[/url] [/QUOTE]

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