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S 3673 111th Congress Senate

Patients' Freedom to Choose Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal certain limitations on tax health care benefits.

Introduced: July 29, 2010 See on congress.gov
Health Employee benefits and pensionsHealth care costs and insurancePrescription drugs
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Jul 29, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 29, 2010
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action July 29, 2010

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Patients' Freedom to Choose Act - Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 that: (1) restrict payments from health savings accounts, medical savings accounts, and health flexible spending arrangements for medications to prescription drugs and insulin only; and (2) impose a $2,500 limitation on salary reduction contributions to a health flexible spending arrangement under a cafeteria plan.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5923 Related bill To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal certain limitations on tax health care benefits.
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 3
Burr, Richard
· Jul 29, 2010
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Cornyn, John
Texas · Jul 29, 2010
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Jul 29, 2010
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Jul 29, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3673: Patients' Freedom to Choose Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3673/
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"S. 3673: Patients' Freedom to Choose Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3673/.
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