Help me use my flex spending account money!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OK guys- what could I use the rest of my flex spending account money on? I have $400 left that will expire at the end of the year.

There's nothing wrong with us. Is there anything at the dentist office that I could have done? What about a chiropractor? Would that work? Help me! What am I not thinking of that I could use this money on?

I miss where she says she's a FED? Maybe you need new reading glasses, or maybe I do.

PP - It's too bad you can't use your FSA money on over the counters anymore. You need a bar of soap for your mouth. Or maybe use your funds for a therapist for your anger issues.

[Anonymous]

- Contact lenses
- Prescription glasses
- massage therapy
- a lot of your "health & beauty aids"
- accupuncture
- physical therapy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To the extremely rude know-it-all poster above:

Not all FSAs are FSAFED, which is for federal employees, silly ass. Each is different and can impose it's own rules. Some rules may be mandatory under Obama care, but I do not believe the grace period for spending has to be.

I usually buy new glasses or contacts.

-- New Poster

F-off! OP is a FED on FSAFED. Same rules apply to all feds.

The OP said earlier that s/he was NOT a FED. Seems someone here has a comprehension problem.

[Anonymous]

Maybe OP shouldn't take out so much next year. I hope you've learned a lesson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe OP shouldn't take out so much next year. I hope you've learned a lesson.

Is this the same person or just a new one that has had a bad day?

Good luck OP sorting through the chatter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:- Contact lenses
- Prescription glasses
- massage therapy
- a lot of your "health & beauty aids"
- accupuncture
- physical therapy

I looked into massage therapy earlier this year. You could only get it if you had a doctor's note authorizing it as needed.

What's a qualifying health and beauty aid? I tried the dermatologist too but nothing was covered under FSA. (I already get skin peels and such and those aren't covered).

[Anonymous]

Sunscreen. Or have your dentist make you a mouthguard for nighttime grinding/clenching. I think those cost about $400.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe OP shouldn't take out so much next year. I hope you've learned a lesson.

It's actually a benefit to me. I didn't choose to get the FSA money. Last year I left almost $700 on the table.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sunscreen. Or have your dentist make you a mouthguard for nighttime grinding/clenching. I think those cost about $400.

I got the mouthguard already! I do like it a lot

[ChuckMurphy]

HI there. I need new glasses (my scrip is over three years old..)

[Anonymous]

Be careful, Obamacare took a lot of the over the counter stuff off the list. Sunscreen won't count anymore, I am pretty sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Be careful, Obamacare took a lot of the over the counter stuff off the list. Sunscreen won't count anymore, I am pretty sure.

Nope it doesn't count!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To the extremely rude know-it-all poster above:

Not all FSAs are FSAFED, which is for federal employees, silly ass. Each is different and can impose it's own rules. Some rules may be mandatory under Obama care, but I do not believe the grace period for spending has to be.

I usually buy new glasses or contacts.

-- New Poster

F-off! OP is a FED on FSAFED. Same rules apply to all feds.

You really are a moron. Not only is OP not a fed so the rules you cited don't apply to her, but these are for 2015 funds. She obviously needs to use 2014 funds. I bet you are one of those people that has a lot of "bad luck."

[Anonymous]

One year we had about $250 to spend and I sent DH to the drug store and told him to go crazy. He bought several years worth of band aids, a good thermometer, etc...

[Anonymous]

Bandaids and bandages still count, and first aid kits. You can buy lots and lots of character band aids I wear glasses, so I spent my surplus last year on prescription sunglasses.