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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Help Everyone Achieve Lower Taxes for Health Care Act of 2004 or Health Care Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the income tax deduction for medical expenses by eliminating the 7.5 percent threshold requirement. Allows all taxpayers (whether or not they itemize deductions) to deduct from gross income medical expenses exceeding $200 for which they can provide adequate substantiation.</p>]]></text>
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