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ID SCR125
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/26/2015
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
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Recognizes that Health Care Sharing Ministries (HCSMs) provide cost-sharing arrangements among persons with similar religious beliefs and typically cost 40% to 65% less than conventional health insurance.
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Notes that Congress granted HCSM participants an exemption from the individual mandate under the Affordable Care Act in 2010, legitimizing these ministries.
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States that as of January 2013, 15.5 million Americans have chosen Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) for health care cost support, with 83% of HSA owners in middle-income or lower income brackets.
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Recognizes the mutual benefit of allowing citizens with HSAs to choose between participating in an HCSM or purchasing a high-deductible health insurance plan, rather than requiring only the latter option.
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Encourages Congress to support federal legislation necessary to create this additional health care cost support choice for HSA holders.
Legislative Description
Stating findings of the Legislature and recognizing the mutual benefit that would be created if citizens who opened a Health Savings Account could choose between participation in a Health Care Sharing Ministry or purchase of a high-deductible health insurance plan.
HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
Last Action
Read First Time, Referred to Health & Welfare
3/27/2015