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HR 707 115th Congress House

Health Care Choices for Seniors Act

Official title: To amend the Social Security Act to improve choices available to Medicare eligible seniors by permitting them to elect (instead of regular Medicare benefits) t… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Social Security Act to improve choices available to Medicare eligible seniors by permitting them to elect (instead of regular Medicare benefits) to receive a voucher for a health savings account, for premiums for a high deductible health insurance plan, or both and by suspending Medicare late enrollment penalties between ages 65 and 70.

Introduced: January 27, 2017 Introduced by: Blackburn, Marsha Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
Health AgingHealth care costs and insuranceIncome tax deductionsMedicareSocial security and elderly assistance
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 3, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 27, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 27, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 8, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Health Care Choices for Seniors Act

This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the Medicare Alternative Voucher (MAV) Program, under which a voucher may be used as a contribution into a health savings account and for the payment of enrollment premiums under a high-deductible health plan. HHS must establish a procedure under which an individual otherwise entitled to Medicare benefits may waive such entitlement and be automatically enrolled in the MAV Program.

In addition, the bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the amount of the deduction from gross income for health savings accounts by the amount of the MAV that is contributed to an individual's health savings account.

The bill also suspends Medicare late enrollment penalties for an individual between ages 65 and 70.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 707: Health Care Choices for Seniors Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-707/
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"H.R. 707: Health Care Choices for Seniors Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-707/.
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