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Letting your health plan roll over at open enrollment means buying next year’s coverage without checking next year’s prices. Before the window closes, add 12 months of each option’s premiums to what you’d expect to pay out of pocket, and compare the totals. Then confirm your doctors and prescriptions are still covered.
A health savings account lets your money go in untaxed, grow untaxed, and come out untaxed when you spend it on medical care. If your health plan qualifies, fund it every year, invest the balance, and pay small medical bills out of pocket so the account keeps compounding.
Before you pay a hospital or medical bill, ask for an itemized statement and check every charge against your insurer’s explanation of benefits. Then call the billing office and ask for a lower price, financial assistance, or an interest-free payment plan, and get any deal in writing.
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