House Committee Advances Four Healthcare-Related Bills

Update: On June 7, 2012, the House of Representatives approved H.R. 436, H.R. 5842, and H.R. 1004 as a single bill, the Health Care Cost Reduction Act of 2012. (pdf) A section-by-section summary of this measure can be found here. (pdf)

On May 31, the House Committee on Ways and Means approved two bills that would repeal provisions included in the Affordable Care Act, and two others that would ease restrictions on the use of Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). Approval of these measures came the same day a House subcommittee heard testimony on the increasing popularity of HSAs and other account-based health plans (ABHPs) and the need to ease the limitations the new health reform law imposes on such plans. Continue reading this entry at Littler's DC Employment Law Update.

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