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HR 3776 111th Congress House

Helping Make Health Insurance Affordable for Individuals and Small Businesses Act of 2009

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 100 percent deduction for the health insurance costs of individuals.

Introduced: October 8, 2009 Introduced by: Graves, Sam Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov
Taxation Health care costs and insuranceIncome tax deductions
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oct 8, 2009
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 Latest action October 8, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Helping Make Health Insurance Affordable for Individuals and Small Businesses Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction from gross income for the health insurance costs of an individual taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and dependents (available whether or not a taxpayer itemizes deductions).

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3776: Helping Make Health Insurance Affordable for Individuals and Small Businesses Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3776/
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"H.R. 3776: Helping Make Health Insurance Affordable for Individuals and Small Businesses Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3776/.
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H.R. 3776, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3776/.
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