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Passage of a refundable and advanceable health care
tax credit that would help those with low and moderate
incomes purchase private health insurance. |
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Annual funding for the creation and operation
of state high risk pools. |
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Support legislation to make HSAs even more attractive
and affordable to various cohorts of the uninsured. For
small business owners and their employees, CAHC would
like to encourage employers to make deposits to an employees
HSA account by providing them a tax credit for money placed
in the account. |
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Increase affordability of Health Savings Accounts by
making HSA premium payments tax deductible. |
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Assist in the adoption of HSAs by large employers by
ensuring maximum flexibility and coordination with other
traditional benefits like Health Reimbursement Accounts,
Flexible Spending Accounts. |
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State Insurance Benefit Mandates
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Work with members of Congress who are interested in
exploring ways to reduce the skyrocketing numbers of benefit
mandates that are being required by states. |
