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S 1089 116th Congress Senate Taxation Health care costs and insurance Income tax deductions Prescription drugs

Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2019

Introduced: April 9, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Apr 9, 2019
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Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2019

This bill repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, as added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, that limit payments for medications from health savings accounts, medical savings accounts, and health flexible spending arrangements to only prescription drugs or insulin (thus allowing distributions from such accounts for over-the-counter drugs).

What's happening now April 9, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Apr 9, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1089: Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1089/
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"S. 1089: Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1089/.
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S. 1089, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1089/.
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