ADA and Organized Dentistry Coalition Ask Congress to Lift FSA Contribution Limits

The American Dental Association (ADA) and nine other groups in the Organized Dentistry Coalition have asked Congress to lift the Affordable Care Act (ACA) limit on individual contributions to flexible spending accounts (FSAs).

An FSA is a tax-free account funded through voluntary salary reduction agreements between employers and employees. The ACA imposed a $2,500 annual cap on FSA contributions.

In a written statement recently submitted for the record to the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, the coalition asked that lawmakers consider lifting the restrictions, arguing that “this restriction on consumer health care spending has been a major step back for consumers at a time when out-of-pocket costs for health care have never been higher.”

As the ADA puts it, many dental procedures, even those ostensibly covered by insurance, often require out-of-pocket spending, making the FSA limit troublesome for dentistry, and unnecessarily costly for dental patients.

The full statement can be read here.