3.0.0 3072 2019-11-15T21:57:55Z 2019-11-15T21:57:55Z Senate S S 2008-05-22 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-05-22T21:52:01Z Making Health Care More Affordable Act of 2008 110 5955 HR 2008-05-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2008-05-22 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2008-05-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. N S001078 Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH] John Sununu R NH E. 2008-06-24 False Health Commerce Crime and Law Enforcement Damages Data banks Employee health benefits Employee training Finance and Financial Sector Health care fraud Health information systems Health insurance Income tax Insurance premiums Labor and Employment Law Limitation of actions Medical malpractice Medical records Medical savings accounts Medical supplies Medical technology Medicare Products liability Punitive damages Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Standards Tax credits Tax deductions Tax refunds Taxation Health 00 2008-05-22 Introduced in Senate 2008-08-21T19:27:02Z Making Health Care More Affordable Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to allow individual taxpayers a refundable tax credit for health insurance costs paid.

Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for establishment and governance of association health plans (AHPs), which are group health plans whose sponsors are trade, industry, professional, chamber of commerce, or similar business associations and which meet certain ERISA certification requirements.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide that the laws of the state designated by a health insurance issuer (primary state) shall apply to individual health insurance coverage offered by that issuer in the primary state and in any other state (secondary state), but only if the coverage and issuer comply with certain requirements.

Promoting Health for Future Generations Act of 2008 - Amends the IRC to to revise provisions related to health savings accounts (HSAs), high deductible health plans, and medical savings accounts (MSAs), including to: (1) increase the tax deduction for contributions to HSAs; (2) allow a new tax deduction for high deductible health plan premiums; and (3) allow individual contributions to a Medicare Advantage MSA.

Increased Access to Health Insurance Act of 2008 - Amends the IRC to permit the use of HSAs to purchase health insurance.

Sets forth conditions for lawsuits arising from health care liability claims regarding health care goods or services or any medical product affecting interstate commerce, including: (1) a statute of limitations of three years after the date of manifestation of injury or one year after the claimant discovers the injury, with certain exceptions; and (2) limits on noneconomic and punitive damages.

Sets forth provisions related to health information technology. Provides for health record banks. Creates safe harbors from civil and criminal penalties in current anti-kickback laws for providing certain health information technology and training services.

]]> Making Health Care More Affordable Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Making Health Care More Affordable Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Increased Access to Health Insurance Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Promoting Health for Future Generations Act of 2008 Display Title Making Health Care More Affordable Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for comprehensive health reform. Introduced in Senate 2008-05-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3072is/xml/BILLS-110s3072is.xml 2008-05-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.