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Affordable Health Care Expansion Act of 2008

Introduced: April 14, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Apr 14, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 14, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Affordable Health Care Expansion Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow individual taxpayers a refundable tax credit for health insurance costs paid for the benefit of the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and dependents; (2) require business taxpayers who receive payments for certain employee health insurance coverage to file informational returns; and (3) direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make advance payments of health insurance tax credit amounts to health insurance providers.

What's happening now April 14, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Carter, John R.
Texas · Apr 30, 2008
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 14, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5784: Affordable Health Care Expansion Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5784/
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"H.R. 5784: Affordable Health Care Expansion Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5784/.
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