Groom’s executive principal, Christine Keller, was featured by the New York Times in the article, “A Kennedy Aide’s Start-Up Can Get You a Tax Break on a $9,000 Sauna,” where she commented on Truemed’s practice of issuing medical necessity letters enabling consumers to use tax-advantaged accounts for items like saunas and fitness equipment which are not traditionally eligible healthcare expenses.
According to the platform, Keller “suggests caution for both employers and administrators.”
“What the IRS is saying is that you can’t skip the step where a doctor who you have a relationship with is evaluating you as an individual who may or may not have a disease or condition.”
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