S 2701
109th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Cost of living adjustments
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Health care fraud
Health insurance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance premiums
Medically uninsured
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Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax refunds
Tax returns
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable credit for high deductible health plans for uninsured individuals.
Introduced: May 3, 2006
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 3, 2006
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 3, 2006
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow low and moderate income taxpayers without health insurance a refundable tax credit for 90% of the cost of high deductible health insurance (up to $3,000) to provide coverage for the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and dependents.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program for making advance payment of tax credit amounts to health insurance providers.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1