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S 312 112th Congress Senate Health Employee benefits and pensions Health care costs and insurance Prescription drugs

Patients' Freedom to Choose Act

Introduced: February 10, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 10, 2011
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 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.

What's happening now February 10, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 605 Identical bill Patients' Freedom to Choose Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 5
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · May 19, 2011
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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Feb 16, 2011
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Feb 10, 2011
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Risch, James E.
Idaho · Feb 10, 2011
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Feb 10, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 312: Patients' Freedom to Choose Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-312/
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"S. 312: Patients' Freedom to Choose Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-312/.
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S. 312, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-312/.
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