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What's New

Health Care Reform Update from Flex-Plan Services

OTC Medicines and Drugs: Effective January 1, 2011, over-the-counter (OTC) medicines and drugs will no longer be eligible under FSAs or HRAs unless you have a prescription from a licensed health care professional. OTC medicines and drugs include items such as Advil, Tylenol, allergy medicine, antacid, etc. Items that are not OTC medicines or drugs (band-aid, gauze, saline solution, reading glasses etc.) will continue to be eligible after December 31, 2010 without a prescription.

If you have any further questions please contact Flex-Plan Services at 1-800-669-3539 or www.flex-plan.com

6th Annual NACo / Nationwide Scholarship

This spring, four high school seniors will earn $2,000 for college from the NACo / Nationwide Scholarship.  Winning applicants will have written a short essay describing why it's important for a public sector employee to start saving early for retirement.

To be eligible, applicants must be graduating high school seniors who are legal U.S. residents, their parent or grandparent must be enrolled in and contributing to the NACO 457 Deferred Compensation Plan, and the student must enroll in a full-time undergraduate course of study no later than the fall term of the 2011-2012 school year at an accredited two- or four-year college.

Application and entry must be submitted on line no later than January 31, 2011. For more information, go to www.naco.org/retirementscholarship or www.nrsforu.com/scholarship