Upcoming Doctor’s Visit And Using My FSA
It is getting close to THAT time again….you know the time when us ‘wimmens’ have to go to the doctor for the dreaded Pap smear and physical. I have a $20 copay that I need to pony up before I can even see Mr. MD but luckily this is part of the budget for the year. I have been contributing more this year to my Flexible Savings Account and since I can claim the copay to the doctor on the FSA online I will be getting the full amount as a reimbursement.
The FSA allows my employer to take money out of my paycheck before taxes and I am left with a smaller taxable amount. Yay!!! I then spend money on various things like prescriptions and copays and file a claim for those amounts. I get reimbursed for the amount spent and therefore I come out ahead since I will be paying less in taxes than if I had not started the FSA.
I only put in $60 last year and this covered the cost of my birth control but this year I am putting in $120 to cover the cost of doctor visits, birth control, dentist visits and sundry items like contact lens cleaner. I do not ‘need’ the contact lens cleaner since I got LASIK and now have perfect vision (hooray!!!!! I did spend a lot of money on it) but I do wear colored lenses every now and then just for a change. If I have any money left over then I will use it to claim for bandaids that I will be using to restock my first aid kit.
Now let me practice my relaxing breathing so I can be ready for the doctor. Here’s to having a boring and uneventful exam and with all tests coming back negative. After all I do NOT want to end up in the hospital again.
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