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S 3550 109th Congress Senate Taxation Armed Forces and National Security Armed forces reserves Finance and Financial Sector Health Income tax Insurance premiums Managed care Military medicine Tax exclusion

A bill to allow members of the Selected Reserve enrolled in the TRICARE program to pay premiums with pre-tax dollars.

Introduced: June 21, 2006 Introduced by: Graham, Lindsey Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 21, 2006
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Directs the Secretary of Defense to institute a health premium conversion plan under which members of the Selected Reserve who are participating in the TRICARE program (a Department of Defense (DOD) managed care program) may choose between cash and health benefits under such program.

Requires the premium conversion plan to be designed to meet Internal Revenue Code requirements allowing premium payments with pretax dollars.

What's happening now June 21, 2006

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3550: A bill to allow members of the Selected Reserve enrolled in the TRICARE program to pay premiums with pre-tax dollars.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-3550/
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S. 3550, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-3550/.
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