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Vanguard: Explore The Surprising Savings Opportunities Of An HSA
They just refer you over to Health Savings Administrators, that charges you $45/year plus the equivalent of a 12b-1 fee (0.25%/year) to invest in Vanguard funds: https://healthsavings.com/vanguard/fees/
These aren't even the cheapest ways to get Vanguard funds in HSAs through third parties. For example, The HSA Authority, like Health Equity, offers 17 vanguard funds (not all the same), for $36/year. Rather than charge 0.24%/year, the share class it offers (often Admiral) may charge a couple of basis points more than the Institutional class shares that Health Equity offers for a few of the funds. Still cheaper all-in at HSA Authority.
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https://personal.vanguard.com/us/whatweoffer/overview/healthsavings
They just refer you over to Health Savings Administrators, that charges you $45/year plus the equivalent of a 12b-1 fee (0.25%/year) to invest in Vanguard funds:
https://healthsavings.com/vanguard/fees/
or to Health Equity that charges $36/year plus virtually the equivalent percentage fee, here 0.24%/year.
https://healthequity.com/indexinvestor/
These aren't even the cheapest ways to get Vanguard funds in HSAs through third parties. For example, The HSA Authority, like Health Equity, offers 17 vanguard funds (not all the same), for $36/year. Rather than charge 0.24%/year, the share class it offers (often Admiral) may charge a couple of basis points more than the Institutional class shares that Health Equity offers for a few of the funds. Still cheaper all-in at HSA Authority.
https://hsainvestments.com/fundperformance/?p=TBH (HSA Authority fund list)
https://healthequity.com/indexinvestor/ (Health Equity Vanguard fund list)