If you have a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with a “use it or lose it” policy, you may find yourself scrambling at the end of the year to spend your pre-tax dollars. Instead of waiting until the last minute, I recommend you stock up now on seasonal items that you’re going to buy anyway. I found lots of on-sale summer essentials, like sunscreen, prescription sunglasses, and electrolytes, and even handy things for travel, like pill cases, pimple patches, and compression socks for long flights. Most of the products below are things we’ve written about, and I cross-referenced the FSA Store to double check that they’re all eligible.
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