FSA

salesmom

Anyone else as excited as I am for the new year to start so there is $$ in your FSA again for fertility treatments!??!

ajroemisch

What is FSA?? lol!

We are 100% completely out of pocket for our IVF cycle. Boo!

salesmom

Shame!  I would be for IVF treatments too..fingers crossed IUI will work.

FSA=Flexible Spending Accounts.   Taking $$ from paycheck into a pre tax acct for Dr visits and anything prescription.  We only get so much per year but we took out the max in preperation for this!  Its perfect if you are OOP.

mslady919

I am!!!!! That is the only way this cycle is possible!!!! Pray postive results first go around.

Sarah226

Yep!  And we put the max in--$5000!  It will hurt a little, having that much come out of the paycheck, but it's going to come out one way or another, so better it be pre-tax!  We didn't have one for 2011, but we will have 7.5% of our AGI and then some in health care costs, so at least we will be able to take that deduction.  I'm actually looking forward to doing our taxes!!

Temp556193750005695

FSA's and HSA's are a great way to pay for ART.  These procedures are so frakkin expensive, especially for those of us without insurance coverage.

 

AnnaM2

ME ME ME!!! That's the whole reason why we're waiting to do our FET in Feb, so my FSA pays for it all.

sbrowns08

::raises hand:: me, me, me!

danielle_0330

I am super ready! This is how we paid our out of pocket for IVF and paying for FET!

lsgabriel

umm.  yeah   and I am frontloading this time so I can hit my max out of pocket and go for free towards the end of next year.

dimples128

We maxed out ours as well, just in case.  Even if IUI #1 is a success I know we won't have a problem with the remainder since DH and I both wear contacts/glasses and will have prenatal visits that we'll have to pay for!

ajroemisch

salesmom:

Shame!  I would be for IVF treatments too..fingers crossed IUI will work.

FSA=Flexible Spending Accounts.   Taking $$ from paycheck into a pre tax acct for Dr visits and anything prescription.  We only get so much per year but we took out the max in preperation for this!  Its perfect if you are OOP.

 

Ohhh! Gotcha!! No, we don't exactly have that at my job. They do put $100 a month in a medical fund that we can use....Our fiscal year is May-May (WEIRD) and right now I have $700 in there. DH and I decided not to touch it. If we don't use it by May, they cut us a check and we can use the $1200 for whatever. It's stupid we can't roll it over, because it's our money, but still. A FSA would be kinda handy!