Can a copay prescription card be offered under a qualified high deductible plan?
Insider: The U.S. Department of the Treasury has recently stated that those with a health insurance plan that is in all other respects HSA compatible, except that it provides prescription drug coverage below the deductible, can have an HSA until 1/1/2006. This is how the U.S. Department of Treasurys media release described this recent Treasury ruling: http://www.hsainsider.com/treasury/treasury_7.pdf INTERACTION OF HDHP BENEFITS WITH PRESCRIPTION BENEFITS AND TRANSITIONAL RELIEF Prior guidance noted that an eligible individual must be covered by an HDHP and generally no other health plan that is not an HDHP. Guidance issued today clarifies that individuals covered by a health plan that provides prescription drug benefits before the minimum annual deductible of an HDHP has been satisfied may not make contributions to an HSA. However, companion guidance also issued provides transition relief to those individuals covered by both an HDHP and by a separate health plan or rider that provides
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