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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2011 16:36:00 GMT -5
Yes, it covers birth control. It also covers condoms, one of the few OTC items still covered. Nice. Thank you
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The J
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Post by The J on Mar 18, 2011 10:23:38 GMT -5
It really is about individual forecasting. For example, this year I put in $600 for mine. I know that I'll have $100 in dental (two cleanings), $200-300 in vision (contacts and/or glasses) and that this year I'll have a few hundred in copays between my regular doctor visits and the tail end of my therapist visits. Next year, I'm likely to put in less since I won't have the therapy visits. I prefer to err on the side of too little, instead of losing money because I over withheld.
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Post by rosarugosa on Mar 20, 2011 19:32:03 GMT -5
Hi all, I'm a new poster here. Cawiau, I don't know if your Delta plan is the same as mine, but if you have a deductible that you find yourself paying most years, you might want to at least put that amount in an FSA. Sometimes timing can make a big difference. My annual physical falls right around open enrollment. In late 2009, my MD recommended some tests. I asked if there was any harm in waiting until January, and since there was not, threw some extra money in my FSA for 2010 and did the testing then. My dentist indicated late last year that I had some issues that would need to be addressed soon, so I added some extra funds for 2011. I think it's bizarre that FSAs require a person to estimate something that's so unpredictable. Other tax deductions like property taxes and mortgage interest are pretty predictable, but one isn't required to guess what they will be in order to get the full deduction.
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