S276-119

In Committee

Personalized Care Act of 2025

119th Congress Introduced Jan 28, 2025

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Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill expands HSA eligibility by removing the high-deductible health plan requirement; anyone with any health coverage (including Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, TRICARE, VA, FEHB) or health care sharing ministry participation can, expands raises HSA annual contribution limits from ,250/,500 (self/family) to ,800/,500, nearly a fivefold increase, with inflation adjustments beginning after 2026, and exempts allows HSA funds to be used to pay health plan and health insurance premiums, removing the current prohibition on using HSA distributions for insurance premiums. It relies on definition changes, exemptions, tax deductions, and tax rate changes. The main policy areas are Healthcare and Finance.

Who Benefits and How

Direct primary care physicians could gain revenue opportunities, Health care sharing ministries could gain revenue opportunities, and Health care sharing ministry members could see lower costs.

Who Bears the Burden and How

Federal Treasury could lose revenue opportunities.

Key Provisions

  • Expands HSA eligibility by removing the high-deductible health plan requirement; anyone with any health coverage (including Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, TRICARE, VA, FEHB) or health care sharing ministry participation can...
  • Expands raises HSA annual contribution limits from ,250/,500 (self/family) to ,800/,500, nearly a fivefold increase, with inflation adjustments beginning after 2026.
  • Exempts allows HSA funds to be used to pay health plan and health insurance premiums, removing the current prohibition on using HSA distributions for insurance premiums.
  • Exempts makes direct primary care (DPC) and concierge medicine fees HSA-eligible qualified medical expenses, including periodic physician retainer fees and prepaid preventive/diagnostic services.
  • Defines classifies periodic provider fees for defined medical services provided on an as-needed basis as amounts paid for medical care under IRC Section 213(d), making them tax-deductible.

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill expands HSA eligibility by removing the high-deductible health plan requirement; anyone with any health coverage (including Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, TRICARE, VA, FEHB) or health care sharing ministry participation can, expands raises HSA annual contribution limits from ,250/,500 (self/family) to ,800/,500, nearly a fivefold increase, with inflation adjustments beginning after 2026, and exempts allows HSA funds to be used to pay health plan and health insurance premiums, removing the current prohibition on using HSA distributions for insurance premiums.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Finance

Primary Purpose

The bill expands HSA eligibility by removing the high-deductible health plan requirement; anyone with any health coverage (including Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, TRICARE, VA, FEHB) or health care sharing ministry participation can, expands raises HSA annual contribution limits from ,250/,500 (self/family) to ,800/,500, nearly a fivefold increase, with inflation adjustments beginning after 2026, and exempts allows HSA funds to be used to pay health plan and health insurance premiums, removing the current prohibition on using HSA distributions for insurance premiums.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Finance

HSA Eligibility Expansion (Sec. 2)

Identified Gains
  • Direct primary care physicians
  • Health care sharing ministries
  • Health care sharing ministry members
  • HSA custodians and financial services firms
  • High-income individuals and families
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Direct primary care physicians: ,
Health care sharing ministries: ,
Health care sharing ministry members: ,
High-income individuals and families:
HSA custodians and financial services firms: ,
Identified Costs
  • Federal Treasury
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Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 28, 2025

Mr. Cruz (for himself and Mr. Marshall) introduced the following …

Jan 28, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Jan 28, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Healthcare
10 mentions across 8 clauses
+10 positive

HSA account holders, HSA account holders making nonqualified withdrawals, Health care sharing ministries

Government
4 mentions across 4 clauses
-4 negative

Federal Treasury

Financial Services
3 mentions across 3 clauses
+3 positive

HSA custodians and financial services firms, Health insurers

Health Professionals
2 mentions across 2 clauses
+2 positive

Direct primary care physicians

8/9
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Finance
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Tax Policy
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Healthcare Tax Policy
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Healthcare
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Tax Policy
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Healthcare

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"eligible individual" §2

Any individual covered under a group or individual health plan, health insurance, government plan (Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, TRICARE, VA, IHS, FEHB), or a participant in a health care sharing ministry

"medical care service arrangement" §5

An arrangement under which an individual is provided medical services in exchange for a fixed periodic fee or payment; not treated as a health plan for HSA purposes

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