Tax-favored health accounts, including flexible spending accounts (FSAs) and health savings accounts (HSAs), are an increasingly popular way for employees to pay for some of their out-of-pocket health expenses using pre-tax dollars. Do such accounts improve the incentives for workers to purchase health care more carefully? Do employers providing FSAs...

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