4/13/2015 – The fast rising health benefit that also helps you in retirement

Americans are growing much better at preparing for health expenses.

The amount stashed in health savings accounts and health reimbursement accounts, which are funded with pre-tax dollars, reached $22.1 billion in 2014, almost quadruple the $5.7 billion saved in the accounts in 2008, according to data from the Employee Benefit Research Institute and a Greenwald & Associates health care survey. The number of accounts more than doubled to 10.6 million in 2014 from 4.2 million in 2008.

Read the full article at The Washington Post.