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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jul 9, 2015
Helping Save Americans' Health Care Choices Act of 2015
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to:
eliminate the requirement that a participant in an HSA be enrolled in a high deductible health care plan;
increase the maximum contribution amount to an HSA;
permit both spouses in an HSA to make catch-up contributions to the same account;
allow the use of HSAs to pay health insurance premiums and long-term care insurance premiums;
treat fees paid in advance for the right to receive medical services as a deductible medical expense;
permit Medicare recipients to participate in HSAs;
repeal the restriction on payments from HSAs for nonprescription drugs;
repeal the additional tax on distributions from HSAs and Archer Medical Savings Accounts; and
repeal the $2,500 limitation on salary reduction contributions to a health flexible spending arrangement under a cafeteria plan.
People & committees
Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4] · R–LA
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