Flex dollars are a form of payment used at large institutions, especially Universities. James Madison University, University of Toronto, Queen's University, University of Waterloo, University of Western Ontario, and Messiah College are all schools that use this system. Flex dollars are not common tender, but rather scrip or local currency with which you may purchase items such as food, snacks, and school supplies.
Flex Dollars also refers to a term used by an insurance company to assign values to an employees benefits. The employee instead of having a deductible or a certain percentage of coverage is assigned a pool of Flex Dollars to assign as they are required. The obvious advantage to this is the ability to assign a much larger amount of coverage to one area while not being covered in another world.
Famous quotes containing the word dollar:
“I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to save people. The men and women of this country who toil are the ones who bear the cost of the Government. Every dollar that we carelessly waste means that their life will be so much the more meager. Every dollar that we prudently save means that their life will be so much the more abundant. Economy is idealism in its most practical terms.”
—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)