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HR 1098 109th Congress House Taxation Catastrophic health insurance Checkoff Economics and Public Finance Government trust funds Health Income tax Medically uninsured Tax refunds Tax returns

American LIFE Fund for the Medical Treatment of the Uninsured Act of 2005

Introduced: March 3, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Mar 22, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Mar 3, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 3, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
American LIFE Fund for the Medical Treatment of the Uninsured Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an individual to designate a portion of any tax overpayment for the Health Coverage for the Uninsured Trust Fund, which shall use such funds to provide injury and catastrophic illness protection to individuals without health coverage.

Establishes in the Treasury the Health Coverage for the Uninsured Trust Fund.

What's happening now March 22, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jul 21, 2005
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Mar 3, 2005
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1098: American LIFE Fund for the Medical Treatment of the Uninsured Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1098/
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"H.R. 1098: American LIFE Fund for the Medical Treatment of the Uninsured Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1098/.
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H.R. 1098, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1098/.
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