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HR 408 115th Congress House

American Future Healthcare Act of 2017

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand health savings accounts, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 10, 2017 See on congress.gov
Taxation Bank accounts, deposits, capitalHealth care costs and insuranceIncome tax deductionsInflation and pricesMedicare
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 10, 2017
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 Latest action January 10, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

American Future Healthcare Act of 2017

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to:

  • repeal the requirement that an individual making a tax deductible contribution to an HSA be covered by a high deductible health care plan;
  • increase the maximum HSA contribution level;
  • allow Medicare eligible individuals to contribute to an HSA;
  • allow HSAs to be used to purchase health insurance;
  • provide a cost-of-living adjustment for the limits on additional contributions for individuals 55 or older (catch-up contributions);
  • require the cost-of-living adjustments to be indexed to the CPI medical care component (the medical care component for the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Department of Labor); and
  • allow a rollover of HSA amounts to a Medicare Advantage Medical Savings Account (MSA).
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 5
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Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Mar 23, 2017
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Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"
Georgia · Jan 10, 2017
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McClintock, Tom
California · Jan 10, 2017
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Webster, Daniel
Florida · Jan 10, 2017
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Westerman, Bruce
Arkansas · Jan 10, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 408: American Future Healthcare Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-408/
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"H.R. 408: American Future Healthcare Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-408/.
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H.R. 408, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-408/.
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