Examples of Expenses Eligible for HRAs
This is not by any means a complete list. But it should provide you with general guidelines as to what is covered:
- Acupuncture
- Alcoholism/Drug Treatment
- Ambulance hire
- Artificial limbs
- Artificial teeth
- Birth control pills
- Braces
- Braille books and magazines (above cost of regular print)
- Car controls for the handicapped
- Chiropractors' fees (to treat a specific medical condition)
- Christian Science practitioners' fees
- Coinsurance
- Contact lenses and cleaning solutions
- Contraceptive prescriptions
- Cost of operations and related treatments
- Co-payments
- Crutches
- Dentists' fees (other than cosmetic services)
- Dentures
- Diabetic supplies
- Diagnostic fees
- Eyeglasses, including exam fee
- Fee of practical nurse
- Fees associated with organ donations
- Fees for the computer storage of medical records
- Gynecologists' fees
- Health care deductibles (associated with specific costs)
- Hearing devices and batteries
- Hearing trained cat (purchase, training and care)
- Home improvements motivated by health care considerations
- Hospital bills
- Hypnosis for medical reasons
- Immunizations/vaccinations
- Insulin
- Laboratory fees
- Laser eye surgery
- Laetrile by prescription
- Legal fees associated with the commitment of a mentally ill person
- Mileage related specifically to an eligible medical visit
- Obstetrical fees
- Orthodontia (refer to Orthodontia under Health Care Reimbursements)
- Orthopedic shoes (over cost of ordinary shoes)
- Oxygen
- Physician fees
- Physician recommended swimming pool or spa equipment costs and maintenance
- Weight loss when prescribed by a physician
- Smoking cessation treatments and prescriptions
- Over-the-counter products
- Physical therapists' fees
- Prescription drugs (for non-cosmetic reasons)
- Prescription eyeglasses and/or contact lenses
- Podiatry
- Psychiatrists' fees and care (for medical reasons)
- Psychologists' fees (for medical reasons)
- Psychotherapists' fees (for medical reasons)
- Radial keratotomy/Ortho keratology
- Routine physicals and non-diagnostic services or treatments
- Seeing-eye dog (purchase, training and care)
- Skilled nurses' fees -- including room, board and Social Security taxes you pay for medical reasons
- Smoking cessation (for medical reasons)
- Special plumbing for the handicapped
- Speech therapists' fees
- Sterilization fees
- Surgical fees
- Telephone, special for the deaf
- Television audio display equipment for the deaf
- Therapeutic care for drug and alcohol addiction
- TMJ Appliances
- Transportation expenses primarily in the rendering of health care services; i.e., airfare to hospital or to recuperation home, cab fare in obstetrical cases
- Treatment for substance addiction
- Transportation expenses (for medical reasons)
- Vitamins by prescription
- Wheelchair