9 Things You Can Do With Your HSA in Retirement (And What You Can’t)
So you have a large HSA in retirement, but what can you really do with it?
HSAs are perhaps the most tax-advantaged account out of them all... Better than IRAs and Roth IRAs because an HSA is triple-tax advantaged. You get to deduct contributions from your income, the account grows tax-free, and you can take money from the account tax-free for qualified medical expenses. But in retirement, there are a few other things that you can use an HSA for and that's what I cover in this episode.
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HSAs are perhaps the most tax-advantaged account out of them all... Better than IRAs and Roth IRAs because an HSA is triple-tax advantaged. You get to deduct contributions from your income, the account grows tax-free, and you can take money from the account tax-free for qualified medical expenses. But in retirement, there are a few other things that you can use an HSA for and that's what I cover in this episode.
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Jacob Duke, CFP, MBA is the founder of Rivertree Wealth and the host of the Retirement Answers podcast.
DISCLAIMER: This should not be taken as tax, legal, or investment advice. All content is for educational purposes only.
01:11 HSA Basics
01:47 Contribution Limits Rules
03:30 Investing Tax Benefits
04:40 Everyday Medical Costs
05:41 Paying Medicare Premiums
07:00 LTC Insurance Premiums
11:42 LTC Care Services
12:50 Save Receipts Strategy
14:48 Cover Family Expenses
16:27 COBRA And Unemployment
19:23 What Changes at 65
21:40 What Use Your HSA For
23:49 HSA Inheritance Rules
25:52 Wrap Up