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US HR3594

US HR3594
Healthcare Freedom Act of 2019


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Introduced
06/28/2019
In Committee
06/28/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create health freedom accounts available to all individuals. This bill expands the availability of health savings accounts. It renames such accounts as "health freedom accounts" and allows all individuals to receive increased tax deductions for contributions to such accounts. The term "qualified medical expenses" is expanded to include costs associated with direct primary care, health care sharing ministries, and medical cost sharing organizations. The bill also excludes employer contributions to health freedom accounts from employee gross income for income tax purposes.

AI Summary

This bill, the Healthcare Freedom Act of 2019, aims to amend the Internal Revenue Code to create "health freedom accounts" that are available to all individuals, not just those who are eligible for health savings accounts (HSAs). The bill expands the definition of "qualified medical expenses" to include costs associated with direct primary care, health care sharing ministries, and medical cost sharing organizations. It also increases the contribution limits for these accounts and allows for transfers between different health freedom accounts. Additionally, the bill excludes employer contributions to health freedom accounts from employees' gross income for income tax purposes.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance

Sponsors (11)

Last Action

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (on 06/28/2019)

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