eAlert Tue, 07/31/2018 - 12:00

The U.S. House of Representatives voted last week to allow more people to open health savings accounts (HSAs). The House also voted to raise contribution limits for HSAs and expand the list of items reimbursable with HSA funds — including gym memberships and over-the-counter drugs.

In a new To the Point post, Sherry Glied of New York University and Dahlia Remler of Baruch College explain why these new tax breaks, which will cost more than $40 billion over 10 years, would make our health care system both less equitable and more costly.

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