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US HR4651

American Future Healthcare Act of 2019


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Introduced
10/11/2019
In Committee
10/11/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand health savings accounts, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to repeal the requirement that an individual making a tax deductible contribution to an HSA be covered by a high deductible health care plan; increase the maximum HSA contribution level; allow Medicare eligible individuals to contribute to an HSA; allow HSAs to be used to purchase health insurance; provide a cost-of-living adjustment for the limits on additional contributions for individuals 55 or older (catch-up contributions); require the cost-of-living adjustments to be indexed to the CPI medical care component (the medical care component for the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Department of Labor); allow a rollover of HSA amounts to a Medicare Advantage Medical Savings Account (MSA); and treat direct primary care service arrangement fees as deductible medical expenses. This bill also allows an individual with alternative health coverage to opt out of Medicare hospital services benefits without also having to opt out of Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits and without having to repay Medicare hospital services benefits already received.

AI Summary

This bill, the American Future Healthcare Act of 2019, aims to expand health savings accounts (HSAs) in several ways. It would repeal the requirement that an individual making a tax-deductible contribution to an HSA be covered by a high-deductible health plan, increase the maximum HSA contribution level, allow Medicare-eligible individuals to contribute to an HSA, allow HSAs to be used to purchase health insurance, provide cost-of-living adjustments for catch-up contributions, and require the adjustments to be indexed to the medical care component of the Consumer Price Index. The bill also allows a rollover of HSA amounts to a Medicare Advantage medical savings account and treats direct primary care service arrangement fees as deductible medical expenses. Additionally, the bill allows individuals with alternative health coverage to opt out of Medicare Part A benefits without having to opt out of other Social Security benefits or repay benefits already received.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (on 10/11/2019)

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