H.R. 5444: Private Option Health Care Act
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H.R. 5444: Private Option Health Care Act
111th Congress · introduced 2010-05-27 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2010-05-27 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Private Option Health Care Act
Plain summary
Private Option Health Care Act - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and restores the provisions of law amended or repealed by such Acts as if such Acts had not been enacted. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revise the refundable tax credit for the health insurance costs of individual taxpayers to allow a full credit for health insurance plus the amount contributed to a health savings account; (2) permit up to $500 of unused health benefits under a health flexible spending arrangement to be carried over to a succeeding plan year or paid directly to an employee as compensation; (3) revise the tax deduction for contributions to a health savings account (HSA) to increase the allowable amount of such deduction and repeal the requirement for coverage under a high deductible health plan; (4) repeal the 7.5% adjusted gross income threshold for the tax deduction for medical expenses; (5) allow a tax credit for the purchase of insurance against negative outcomes from surgery, including those caused by physician malpractice; and (6) allow an exclusion from gross income for damages awarded for medical malpractice in binding arbitration. Permits interstate purchase of health insurance. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to repeal provisions restricting the importation of prescription drugs.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Private Option Health Care Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] · 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-111hr5444.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>
Record fed-us-cong111-hr5444 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111