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Groups Offer Support for W&M Efforts to Expand HSAs

JUL. 11, 2018

Groups Offer Support for W&M Efforts to Expand HSAs

DATED JUL. 11, 2018
DOCUMENT ATTRIBUTES
  • Authors
    Norquist, Grover
    Martin, James L.
    Anuzis, Saulius "Saul"
    Weber, Dan
    Varner, Ashley N.
    Nelson, Lisa B.
    Gardner, Brent
    Singleton, Norm
    Carlstrom, Bob
    Parker, Star
    McAuliffe, Katie
    Schoening, Palmer
    Purtill, Patrick
    Nascimento, Nathan
    Pye, Jason
    Turner, Grace-Marie
    Lopez, Naomi
    Kanter, Jeff
    Perrin, Daniel
    Clancy, Dean
    Lopez, Mario H.
    Lukas, Carrie L.
    Higgins, Heather R.
    Langer, Andrew
    Garza, Daniel
    Johnson, Gary
    Sepp, Pete
    Williams, David
    Piotter, Nancy
    Schatz, Thomas A.
  • Institutional Authors
    Americans for Tax Reform
    60 Plus Association
    Association of Mature American Citizens
    ALEC Action
    American Legislative Exchange Council
    Americans for Prosperity
    Campaign for Liberty
    Carlstrom Group LLC
    Council for Citizens Against Government Waste
    Center for Urban Renewal and Education
    Digital Liberty
    Family Business Coalition
    Faith & Freedom Coalition
    Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce
    FreedomWorks
    Galen Institute
    Goldwater Institute
    Health Freedom Hub
    HSA Coalition
    HSAs for All
    Independent Women's Forum
    Independent Women's Voice
    Institute for Liberty
    LIBRE Initiative
    Our America Initiative
    National Taxpayers Union
    Taxpayers Protection Alliance
    Virginians for Quality Healthcare
    Hispanic Leadership Fund
  • Code Sections
  • Subject Area/Tax Topics
  • Industry Groups
    Health care
    Insurance
  • Jurisdictions
  • Tax Analysts Document Number
    2018-28813
  • Tax Analysts Electronic Citation
    2018 TNT 135-18

July 11, 2018

The Honorable Kevin Brady
Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee
1102 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

The Honorable Peter Roskam
Chairman, House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee
2246 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

Dear Chairman Brady & Chairman Roskam:

On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we write in support of your Committee's efforts to expand tax-advantaged Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). HSAs promote consumer driven healthcare, reduce taxes for families, and encourage lower healthcare spending.

There are numerous important pieces of legislation that your Committee is considering that will improve HSAs including proposals to double the contribution limit, end the prohibition on purchasing over-the-counter medications, expand access to HSAs, and allow HSAs to be used by working seniors.

Since they were created in 2004, HSAs have become a popular and successful vehicle that promotes patient choice in health care. HSAs are used in conjunction with low premium, high deductible health insurance plans and provide a vehicle for individuals to spend and control their own money on their own health needs. Today, HSAs are used by over 25 million American families and individuals.

HSAs contribute to lower healthcare spending by promoting consumer driven healthcare. HSA funds are completely controlled by the individual and follow them between jobs creating an incentive to spend funds wisely.

Research shows that families and individuals that utilize HSAs spend less on health care and use fewer medical services without forgoing necessary primary and preventative care.

HSAs are already a significant vehicle to pay for healthcare expenses. An HSA user can accumulate as much as $360,000 after contributing to an account for 40 years assuming a rate of return of just 2.5 percent, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute. With a rate of return of 5 percent, an HSA user can accumulate $600,000 over 40 years.

HSAs also reduce taxes for American families. HSAs offer triple tax benefits to users — contributions made are tax free, interest and investment is earned tax free, and payments made to qualifying health expenses are tax free. Expanding HSAs will provide additional tax reduction for American families and will promote saving and investment.

Since they were created almost 15 years ago, HSAs have proven successful in promoting healthcare choice, lowering taxes and lowering healthcare costs. Expanding HSAs will build on this success.

Sincerely,

Grover Norquist
President, Americans for Tax Reform

James L. Martin
Founder/Chairman, 60 Plus Association

Saulius “Saul” Anuzis
President, 60 Plus Association

Dan Weber
Founder and President, Association of Mature American Citizens

Ashley N. Varner
Executive Director, ALEC Action

Lisa B. Nelson
CEO, American Legislative Exchange Council

Brent Wm. Gardner
Chief Government Affairs Officer, Americans for Prosperity

Norm Singleton
President, Campaign for Liberty

Bob Carlstrom
President, The Carlstrom Group

Thomas Schatz
President, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste

Star Parker
President, CURE (Center for Urban Renewal and Education)

Katie McAuliffe
Executive Director, Digital Liberty

Palmer Schoening
President, Family Business Coalition

Patrick Purtill
Director of Legislative Affairs, Faith & Freedom Coalition

Nathan Nascimento
Executive Vice President, Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce

Jason Pye
Vice President of Legislative Affairs, FreedomWorks

Grace Marie Turner
Founder and President, Galen Institute (Affiliation listed for information purposes only.)

Naomi Lopez Bauman
Director of Healthcare Policy, Goldwater Institute

Jeff Kanter
Co-founder, Health Freedom Hub

Daniel Perrin
Executive Director, HSA Coalition

Dean Clancy
President, HSAs for All

Mario H. Lopez
President, Hispanc Leadership Fund

Carrie Lukas
President, Independent Women's Forum

Heather R Higgins
CEO, Independent Women's Voice

Andrew Langer
President, Institute for Liberty

Daniel Garza
President, The LIBRE Initiative

Gov. Gary Johnson
Honorary Chairman, Our America Initiative

Pete Sepp
President, National Taxpayers Union

David Williams
President, Taxpayers Protection Alliance

Nancy Piotter
Executive Director, Virginians for Quality Healthcare

DOCUMENT ATTRIBUTES
  • Authors
    Norquist, Grover
    Martin, James L.
    Anuzis, Saulius "Saul"
    Weber, Dan
    Varner, Ashley N.
    Nelson, Lisa B.
    Gardner, Brent
    Singleton, Norm
    Carlstrom, Bob
    Parker, Star
    McAuliffe, Katie
    Schoening, Palmer
    Purtill, Patrick
    Nascimento, Nathan
    Pye, Jason
    Turner, Grace-Marie
    Lopez, Naomi
    Kanter, Jeff
    Perrin, Daniel
    Clancy, Dean
    Lopez, Mario H.
    Lukas, Carrie L.
    Higgins, Heather R.
    Langer, Andrew
    Garza, Daniel
    Johnson, Gary
    Sepp, Pete
    Williams, David
    Piotter, Nancy
    Schatz, Thomas A.
  • Institutional Authors
    Americans for Tax Reform
    60 Plus Association
    Association of Mature American Citizens
    ALEC Action
    American Legislative Exchange Council
    Americans for Prosperity
    Campaign for Liberty
    Carlstrom Group LLC
    Council for Citizens Against Government Waste
    Center for Urban Renewal and Education
    Digital Liberty
    Family Business Coalition
    Faith & Freedom Coalition
    Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce
    FreedomWorks
    Galen Institute
    Goldwater Institute
    Health Freedom Hub
    HSA Coalition
    HSAs for All
    Independent Women's Forum
    Independent Women's Voice
    Institute for Liberty
    LIBRE Initiative
    Our America Initiative
    National Taxpayers Union
    Taxpayers Protection Alliance
    Virginians for Quality Healthcare
    Hispanic Leadership Fund
  • Code Sections
  • Subject Area/Tax Topics
  • Industry Groups
    Health care
    Insurance
  • Jurisdictions
  • Tax Analysts Document Number
    2018-28813
  • Tax Analysts Electronic Citation
    2018 TNT 135-18
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