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HR 1629 102th Congress House Taxation Health Health insurance Income tax Insurance premiums Medical economics Self-employed Tax deductions

Fairness in Health Insurance Coverage for the Self-Employed Act

Introduced: March 22, 1991 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 22, 1991
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fairness in Health Insurance Coverage for the Self-Employed Act - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the income tax deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to: (1) increase the allowable deduction from 25 percent to 100 percent; and (2) make the deduction permanent (under current law it will expire after tax year 1991).

What's happening now March 22, 1991

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 22, 1991
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1629: Fairness in Health Insurance Coverage for the Self-Employed Act. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-1629/
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"H.R. 1629: Fairness in Health Insurance Coverage for the Self-Employed Act." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-1629/.
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H.R. 1629, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-1629/.
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