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SAVINGS
Health Savings

Accounts

The opportunity to establish and contribute to a Health
Savings Account is available when you elect the HSA Plan Examples of
medical plan option. It’s like a personal, tax-free savings Eligible HSA Expenses
account for health care expenses that earns interest. Any
unused money rolls over from year to year.
• Providers (Doctors, Nurses)
In 2019, Acorns will make the following quarterly HSA • Prescription Drugs
contributions into your account: • Inpatient Hospital Services
• Employee: $125 • Laboratory & X-Ray
• Family: $500 MEDICAL • Emergency Services
• Acupuncture / Chiropractic
In addition to Acorns’s contribution, you may elect to make
contributions into your account up to IRS maximums. IRS
maximums for 2019 are:
• Employee: $3,500 • Providers (Dentists,
• Family: $7,000 Orthodontists)
• Catch-up (Age 55+): $1,000 • Teeth Cleaning
DENTAL • Dental Treatment
•
The portion of your paycheck that you contribute to your Orthodontia
HSA will be taken out before you pay federal income taxes,
Social Security taxes and most state taxes (excluding state
taxes in AL, CA and NJ). Any contributions you make can be • Providers (Optometrists,
increased or decreased over the course of the year. Ophthalmologists)
• Exams
The money in your HSA is yours to save and spend on VISION • Glasses
•
eligible health care expenses whenever you need it, • Contact Lenses
whether in this plan year or in future plan years. Your Lasik Surgery
account balance earns interest and the unused balance
rolls-over from year to year. The money is yours to keep
even if you leave Acorns, no longer participate in a high
deductible health plan (like the HSA Plan), or retire. • COBRA
• Long-Term Care
• Medicare
PREMIUMS

Examples of
Ineligible HSA Expenses
Educational Video
Ineligible HSA expenses include expenses that are not
Health Insurance Terms
medical or health-related as well as cosmetic surgery.