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A group of people in a dimly lit indoor cycling class, pedaling intensely under red lighting. A central woman in a gray t-shirt leads the effort, while others, including a smiling tattooed woman, ride alongside her.

How to use Dr. B to unlock your HSA/FSA for ClassPass

An FAQ for pilot patients.

| By Marcia Duprat
A young, attractive Asian couples sits in a tree, reading books and smiling to each other.

New science blames “brain goo” for weight gain!

Scientists are already working on prevention and cures. Plus, not all belly fat is created equal, and weight loss treatments may help more chronic illnesses!

| By Jacqueline Raposo
Determined Ethiopian female athlete with braided hair bun squatting with heavy medicine ball during intense workout in gym.

Use your HSA/FSA to save at Blink Fitness with Dr. B

If exercise helps to prevent or treat your medical condition, you may be able to get a Letter of Medical Necessity online for Blink Fitness with Dr. B.

| By Jacqueline Raposo
A color photo of a curvy woman with brown skin looking into a mirror at a gym, holding up her phone and taking a picture.

How to use your HSA to save on YouFit gym membership costs

If exercise treats your medical condition, learn how an online consultation may help you unlock HSA/FSA funds to save up to 40% off YouFit gym membership!

| By Jacqueline Raposo
Color photograph of a curvy Black woman with an Afro wearing orange workout clothing doing a deep lunge in her living room while watching a BODi fitness program on an iPad set on her coffee table.

How to use your HSA/FSA to save on BODi subscriptions

Want to feel good while saving up to 40% on BODi? Learn how Dr. B can help qualifying patients unlock their HSA and FSA funds with a $15 online consultation.

| By Jacqueline Raposo
Young female office worker with raised arms and closed eyes sitting at desk with computer while working in home office

What is a Letter of Medical Necessity for HSA/FSA?

Understand how the HSA reimbursement process works. Plus, learn how qualifying patients can get a Letter of Medical Necessity online with a $15 consultation.

| By Jacqueline Raposo
A colorful photo shows a young white mother doing yoga on a mat in her airy, bohemian living room while her young child jumps around on a leather couch.

Are you getting the most out of your workout?

Optimize your workout with the latest on exercise plus makeup, timing, cannabis and more. Plus, learn how to save on F45 Training costs while you strengthen and heal.

| By Jacqueline Raposo
Color photograph of a white male F45 Training personal trainer kneeling down to assist F45 gym members who lay on the floor, raising barbell weights above them. Photo courtesy F45.

How to use your HSA/FSA at F45 Training

Think exercise might help you prevent or treat a medical condition? Learn how you may be able to save on F45 Training costs with your HSA or FSA account.

| By Jacqueline Raposo
A dreamy photograph of a man sitting on the wing of a plane set near the ocean, staring into the distant sunset.

When improving your health comes down to the numbers

Learn if hypervaccination protects against Covid-19, why women don’t need to exercise for as long as men and how daylight savings messes up more than just sleep.

| By Jacqueline Raposo
A young woman concentrates as she lifts a heavy weight during an Orangtheory Fitness class.

How you might be able to use your HSA/FSA to sweat and save at Orangetheory Fitness

If exercise helps you prevent or treat a medical condition, learn how to get a Letter of Medical Necessity online and seek approval to save on Orangetheory Fitness with your HSA or FSA.

| By Jacqueline Raposo
A celebratory photo of a SoulCycle class with a group of riders cheering and confetti flying through the air. Photo courtesy of SoulCycle.

How to use your HSA/FSA at SoulCycle

Here’s how Dr. B is working to help make the process of getting a Letter of Medical Necessity more convenient for qualifying patients.

| By Jacqueline Raposo
Excited black father carrying happy little daughter on shoulders while mother laughing and strolling together on playground on tropical resort

What can you buy with HSA (and FSA) funds?

Here's how Health Savings Accounts can help you save on qualified medical expenses. Plus, a surprising list of things you can buy with HSA (and FSA) funds.

| By Jacqueline Raposo
A child's hands old up a clear piggy bank with a few dollars in at against a blurry background of a bed and chair.

The best ways to improve your physical and financial health

Trying to get in the green? This week, we share how to fight medical bills, when you can use HSA/FSA funds for fitness fees and more.

| By Jacqueline Raposo
A curvy Black woman wearing gym clothes and a hair wrap and a muscular white woman wearing gym clothes stand close together, laughing, resting against a well of a gym.

Can I use my FSA/HSA for gym membership?

Do you exercise to prevent or reverse an injury or illness? Learn how to get a Letter of Medical Necessity online to use your HSA/FSA dollars for fitness fees.

| By Jacqueline Raposo
A tan-skinned woman with curly brown hair wearing a blue tank top with a few tattoos on her arm leans out of a window against a green wall.

The latest weight stigma in France, film and more

Dive into conversations around fatphobia in The Whale, a myth about thinness and French women, and other weighted issues.

| By Jacqueline Raposo

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