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Personal Finance and Investing

Skittles

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2. BE CAREFUL AT RETIREMENT

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Sun Oct 2, 2022, 03:05 AM

Oct 2022

you cannot contribute to an HSA and be on Medicare, and when you first file for Medicare they can backdate up to 6 months (depending on your birthday) so if, for example, you are laid off from your job and are eligible for Medicare, you may have to pay back the taxes on some of the HSA contributions......such BS, argh

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Tax Secrets of Health Savings Accounts [View all] question everything Oct 2022 OP

HSAs Can Be Used in Retirement to Cover Medicare Out of Pocket Charges Too Indykatie Oct 2022 #1

BE CAREFUL AT RETIREMENT Skittles Oct 2022 #2