Released: September 27, 2009

The fight over flexible spending accounts

Source: Ron Lieber, New York Times (Free Registration)

The tumult at the town hall meetings has mostly died down and the debates over socialized medicine have gotten a bit old for everyone. But the fate of a benefit that puts hundreds of millions of dollars in Americans’ pockets each year remained unresolved this week, with senators pitching in with suggestions to keep as much money as possible in the hands of their constituents.

Who would have thought that so many people would go to the mat over the lowly flexible spending account?

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