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Eligible Health Care Expenses

The following information is general and may be changed or updated without notice. If there is a difference between this list and your employer's plan documents, your employer's plan documents will govern. Please see your employer's Summary Plan Description for more information about which health care expenses can be reimbursed from you health care FSA.

Effective January 1, 2011 over-the-counter medicines will not be FSA-eligible without a doctor's prescription as a result of Health Care Reform.

Browse our Health Care FSA Expenses Table:

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Health Care FSA Expenses
Expense Qualified? IRS Guidelines
  Radial keratotomy Yes The cost of radial keratotomy is a qualified medical expense. Also see LASIK and laser eye surgery. 
Reading glasses See Eyeglasses

 

Rehabilitation center Yes The cost of follow-up medical care (for ex., following a hospital stay, surgery or an injury) at a rehabilitation center or facility is a qualified medical expense. This includes the cost of meals and lodging in the rehabilitation center if the main reason for being there is to receive medical care.  Also see Convalescent home.
Reasonable & Customary (R&C) Yes Amounts that exceed R&C are qualified medical expenses.
Retin-A Yes When prescribed by a health care professional for the treatment of acne, the cost of Retin-A is a qualified medical expense.
No When prescribed for the effects of aging, the cost of Retin-A is not a qualified medical expense. 
Rogaine See Propecia.

 


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