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You Can't Borrow Your Way To A Better Life

Explore episode Jul 13, 2026

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Reed in Denver — HSA Investing Strategy

At 18:58 · chapter starts 15:35

Reed is doing nearly everything right — out of debt, emergency funded, investing — and wants to optimize his $5,500 HSA against a $6,000 deductible family plan. George walks through the mechanics: invest everything above the cash threshold (often $1,000) into mutual funds, let it compound, and at 65 it converts to a traditional IRA. The real gem is Dave Ramsey's personal approach: he never touches his HSA, cash-flows all medical costs from checking, saves every receipt, and can reimburse himself at any future date tax-free. George calls this the best tax-advantaged account in existence — pre-tax in, tax-free growth, tax-free qualified withdrawals.

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