[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 10279-10280]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      HIGH-DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLANS

  (Mr. FLEMING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. FLEMING. Mr. Speaker, a recent report has shown that enrollment 
in high-deductible health plans associated with health savings accounts 
grew by 25 percent in 2009 to a total of 10 million Americans. These 
plans, which often provide the lowest-priced health insurance, are 
targeted in the newly enacted health care bill.
  ObamaCare will increase taxes on HSAs from 10 percent to 20 percent 
and will prevent over-the-counter drugs from being reimbursed tax free 
from the health savings accounts. Millions of Americans rely on HSAs to 
cover deductibles, insurance copays, over-the-counter medications, and 
a plethora of other medical expenses. Furthermore, HSAs are an 
excellent tool to cut health care costs, while ObamaCare, itself, 
provides no such tools.
  If you truly support health care affordability, I ask you to support 
my legislation, H.R. 5126, which restores the valuable tool that saves 
costs.

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