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>"As a result, I had to fight with my neurologist for over a year to let me have it." This is why everyone should be able to have tax-free health savings accou
by EricE 5y ago
>"As a result, I had to fight with my neurologist for over a year to let me have it."
This is why everyone should be able to have tax-free health savings accounts and more control over their healthcare rather than having to go through insurance/governments :p
I have a high deductible plan that lets me have a health savings account. Anything I put in is tax free and if I use it for healthcare anything I use it for is tax free. Insurance is there solely for routine care that it covers as well as major medical - if I have to go into the hospital, get cancer, etc. Everything else I negotiate out of my HSA. It's amazing the price differences you can get when you pay cash and insurance is not involved!
- hdjjhhvvhga 5y agoWell, the way I understood, the parent had to negotiate but succeeded, so he got it for "free" (i.e. paid by taxpayers) - without any fund, tax-free or otherwise. This is an excellent alternative to the option you described as you don't have to worry whether the funds you gathered are enough for the treatment you need. Generally, in Europe, things like cancer etc. are treated for free, i.e. included in your general social security payments that are relatively low.