H.R. 7166: American Health Care Access Improvement, Portability, and Cost Reduction Act of 2008
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H.R. 7166: American Health Care Access Improvement, Portability, and Cost Reduction Act of 2008
110th Congress · introduced 2008-09-26 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2008-09-26 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Sali, Bill [R-ID-1] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
American Health Care Access Improvement, Portability, and Cost Reduction Act of 2008
Plain summary
American Health Care Access Improvement, Portability, and Cost Reduction Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to allow qualified primary care physicians or qualified nurse practitioners a tax credit of $1,000 for each month such providers provide services in a health professional shortage area. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to make changes to the conversion factor for FY2010 for physicians Medicare payments. Allows a refundable tax credit for qualified health insurance coverage. Provides for advance payment of such credit. Revises IRC provisions relating to health savings accounts (HSAs) to: (1) allow HSAs to incorporate flexible spending and health reimbursement arrangements; (2) increase the annual HSA contribution limitation; (3) permit the use of HSAs to purchase health insurance; (4) allow the payment of certain medical expenses incurred before the establishment of an HSA; (5) allow veterans eligible for service-connected disability benefits to establish an HSA; and (6) allow spouses to make increased catch-up contributions to a single HSA. Requires the inclusion of education information about advance directives in the annual notice of Medicare benefits sent to eligible individuals. Revises provisions concerning Medicare+Choice private fee-for-service plans related to access standards under the plans and utilization.
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American Health Care Access Improvement, Portability, and Cost Reduction Act of 2008
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Sali, Bill [R-ID-1] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110hr7166.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/hr>
Record fed-us-cong110-hr7166 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110