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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="1908" measure-id="id113hr1908" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2013-05-09" update-date="2013-06-12">
<title>FREE Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id113hr1908v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2013-06-12">
<action-date>2013-05-09</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Federal Repeal of Expensive Exchanges Act or the FREE Act - Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) providing for: (1) a health insurance premium assistance tax credit and advance payments for credit amounts, (2) reductions in out-of-pocket health care expenses for certain low income taxpayers (cost-sharing) and advance payments of cost-sharing amounts, (3) the individual mandate to purchase health care coverage under PPACA, and (4) the employer mandate to provide health care coverage to employees under PPACA and the reporting requirements with respect to such mandate.</p>]]></summary-text>
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