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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="9160" measure-id="id117hr9160" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2022-10-07" update-date="2022-10-27">
        <title>Healthcare Freedom Act of 2022</title>
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            <action-date>2022-10-07</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
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     <p><b>Healthcare Freedom Act of 2022</b></p> <p>This bill expands the availability of health savings accounts. It renames such accounts as <em>health freedom accounts</em> and allows all individuals to receive increased tax deductions for contributions to such accounts. The term <em>qualified medical expenses</em> is expanded to include costs associated with direct primary care, health care sharing ministries, and medical cost sharing organizations. </p> <p>The bill also excludes employer contributions to health freedom accounts from employee gross income for income tax purposes.</p>
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