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Tampons, pads on expanded list of items OK'd for FSA spending

by Kimberly Adams

Dec 23, 2020

The CARES Act expanded the list of items that FSA money can be used to buy, which includes feminine hygiene products.

People can use the money that they put aside for menstrual products if they buy them at the FSA store or with reimbursable expenses.

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Nevada’s "tampon tax" ballot initiative brings up questions about fairness and gender equality

by Jana Kasperkevic

Nov 1, 2018

Women voters are thinking beyond their own wallets when heading to polls this November.

Las Vegas Strip-themed "I Voted" stickers are displayed on the first day of early voting at the Meadows Mall on Oct. 20, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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