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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Preserving Consumer Health Accounts Act of 2016</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the excise tax on excess benefit employer-sponsored health care plans any amounts contributed to an Archer medical savings plan, a tax-exempt health savings account, or a health flexible spending arrangement by an employee or an employer through salary reduction contributions. </p>]]></text>
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