We had a HDHP with an HSA in 2015. In 2016, we again had a HDHP but not the HSA because the company did not offer an HSA. In Dec 2016, my daughter needed surgery. I used the remaining money in the HSA from 2015 to pay for a portion of her surgery. Now in 2017, we again have a HDHP with an HSA. Can I use the 2017 HSA to pay the remainder of her medical expenses from Dec 2016?
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The issue is whether you kept the old HSA, or whether you closed it and opened a new one. You can only pay for expenses that were incurred after the HSA was opened. If the old account from 2015 is still open, you can deposit money into it and then use it to pay the expenses. But if you closed that account and opened a new account, you can't pay the 2016 expenses with an account opened in 2017.
No, sorry you cannot pay past expenses with the current year contributions.
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