Here it comes...
In one of the first cuts in what will soon become a healthcare massacre, the Washington Examiner, in an Oct. 28, 2010 story, reports that, beginning on January 1, 2011, our flexible savings plans (FSPs) and health savings plans (HSPs) can no longer be used to claim reimbursement for over-the-counter medications, unless you get a doctor's prescription!
Yes, I know it's nuts.
A national law that supposedly reforms our healthcare system instead forces you to go to the doctor to get a prescription for cold medicine, band aids, or poison ivy cream before you can use the money you saved to pay for these basic healthcare items.
The Examiner cites an online provider that says it will no longer allow you to use your FSA savings to pay for, "acid controllers, allergy and sinus medication... anti-gas... baby rash creams... respiratory treatments, cough, cold and flu remedies... stomach remedies.... feminine anti-fungal treatments.... or pain relief."
According to the Examiner:
"The new provision guarantees that patients will either pay more for the same drugs, clog doctors' offices with expensive and unneeded appointments, or a combination of both, defeating the entire stated purpose of Obamacare."
"With each new revelation, it looks less like a fix for the health care system, and more like a recipe for increased state control of Americans' financial and health choices."
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