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Health Savings Accounts (HSA)

Types of Tax-Favored Arrangements

Tax-Favored Arrangements

Various programs are designed to give individuals tax advantages to offset health care costs. This section provides general definitions of other tax-favored arrangements. These definitions will help you distinguish the differences in these programs and help with your overall understanding of tax-favored arrangements. While these programs may have features similar to an HSA, it is important to know they are different.

Types of tax-favored arrangements are:

  • Archer Medical Savings Accounts
  • Medicare Advantage MSAs
  • Health Reimbursement Arrangements
  • Flexible Spending Arrangements