S. 2379 · 109th Congress

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for health and long-term care insurance costs of individuals not participating in employer-subsidized health plans.

Stage
In committee
Introduced
2006-03-07
Latest action
2006-03-07 · Introduced in Senate

Summary

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax deduction from gross income (available to itemizing and non-itemizing taxpayers) for the cost of health care insurance, including long-term care insurance, for such taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and dependents. Disallows such tax deduction for taxpayers participating in an employer-paid health care plan or for taxpayers who have health care coverage under certain federal assistance programs.