Wealthy Habitat

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out of pocket

Money you pay directly from your own wallet for a cost like a medical bill rather than having insurance or another source cover it for you.

Where it is explained in full

The health savings account: three tax breaks and one gate. The account people describe with the most excitement and understand the least. It does something no other account does, and there is a gate in front of it that many people cannot walk through.

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