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Health savings account

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-000862

Employee-owned portable account that uses tax-exempt contributions to pay for medical expenses. HSAs are used in combination with employer-provided high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) that have annual maximum limits on out-of-pocket and deductible expenses.

Note: Other features include the rollover of unused contributions from year to year and tax-free interest.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ECS-000862
FieldEconomic statistics
AbbreviationHSA
ReferencesBLS Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-000862",
  "term": "Health savings account",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "Employee-owned portable account that uses tax-exempt contributions to pay for medical expenses. HSAs are used in combination with employer-provided high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) that have annual maximum limits on out-of-pocket and deductible expenses.\n\nNote: Other features include the rollover of unused contributions from year to year and tax-free interest.",
  "abbreviation": "HSA",
  "references": [
    "BLS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/health-savings-account/"
}

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