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Re:Cost of Employer-Provided Health Insurance Rises Toward $... by tvmalsv on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @03:19AM (#15291474)
> putting money pre-tax into a HSA which can then be used to pay for health insurance.

Surprisingly (it was to me, anyway), health insurance premiums don't qualify as a medical expense, so any funds withdrawn from an HSA for insurance premiums will be subject to taxes and penalties.

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Re:Cost of Employer-Provided Health Insurance Rises Toward $... by UnoriginalGuy on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @08:44AM (#15293084)
You're describing how HSAs currently work. The discussion is healthcare reform, so limitations like that would go the way of the low maximum contributions if HSAs were redesigned to be used to pay for insurance.
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