House to Take Up Employer Health Plan Bill Adding to Deficit

A bill that would make it easier to use tax-advantaged health reimbursement arrangements would add $348 million to the federal deficit over the next 10 years, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday.

The CHOICE Arrangement Act (H.R. 3799), to be voted on by the House this week, faces Democratic opposition and would likely have difficulty getting through the Democratic-controlled Senate. It was approved June 7 by a 25-18 party-line vote of the House Ways and Means Committee.

The legislation would codify two of the Trump administration’s major achievements in health-care policy: a 2018 rule that permits ...