Health savings accounts (HSAs), flexible spending accounts (FSAs), and health reimbursement accounts (aka, arrangements — HRAs) are all accounts used to pay for health care expenses.

The common thread between each of these accounts is that they all provide employees a means to control a portion of their health care dollars —but only HSAs can be opened by individuals outside of an employment arrangement.

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