H.R. 4651 · 116th Congress
American Future Healthcare Act of 2019
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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Oct 11, 2019
American Future Healthcare Act of 2019
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: American Future Healthcare Act of 2019
Latest action (Oct 11, 2019): Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Policy area: Taxation · Origin: House · Introduced: Oct 11, 2019
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.