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Healthcare Freedom and Choice Act

To provide that the rule relating to ``Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance and Independent, Noncoordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage'' (89 Fed. Reg. 23338 (April 3, 2024)) shall have no force or effect.

Introduced Jan 14, 2025

Latest action (Jan 14, 2025) Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Referred to
Ways and Means Committee Education and Workforce Committee Energy and Commerce Committee
Policy area
Health
Issues
Healthcare
Legislative subjects (3)
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresDepartment of Health and Human ServicesHealth care costs and insurance

Summary

The Healthcare Freedom and Choice Act nullifies a final interagency rule published on April 3, 2024, by the Internal Revenue Service, the Employee Benefits Security Administration, and the Department of Health and Human Services regarding short-term, limited-duration insurance and independent, noncoordinated excepted benefits coverage. By passing this bill, Congress would void that regulatory guidance and allow the previous regulatory framework to govern short-term health insurance plans.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
11 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Earl L. "Buddy" Carter’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • NULL $80,924
  • INTERNATIONAL AUTO LOGISTICS $7,500
  • SAVANNAH PILOTS ASSOC $6,600
  • HENNESSY AUTOMOBILE COMPANIES $6,600
  • SADOWSKI CO $6,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Earl L. "Buddy" Carter → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Jan 14, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
  2. Jan 14, 2025 Introduced in House

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • SJRES 84 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability". (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 6703 — Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 5582 — Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 2079 — Insurance Fraud Accountability Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 1654 — CUTS Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 1708 — Rebuild America’s Health Care Schools Act of 2025 (shares 3 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 2641 — Health Care Freedom and Choice Act · Introduced Aug 1, 2025 · Cong. 119 84%
  • HR 90 — Health Coverage Choice Act · Introduced Jan 3, 2025 · Cong. 119 80%
  • HR 6420 — ACCESS Act · Introduced Dec 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 73%
  • HR 6299 — Removing Insurance Gaps for Health Treatment (RIGHT) Act of 2025 · Introduced Nov 25, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HR 6538 — More Affordable Care Act · Introduced Dec 9, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HR 5839 — Supplemental Benefits for Individuals Act of 2025 · Introduced Oct 28, 2025 · Cong. 119 69%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Jan 14, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 14, 2025

Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Crenshaw, Ms. Letlow, Mr. Allen, Mr. Smucker, and Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To provide that the rule relating to “Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance and Independent, Noncoordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage” (89 Fed. Reg. 23338 (April 3, 2024)) shall have no force or effect.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Healthcare Freedom and Choice Act”.

SEC. 2. SHORT-TERM, LIMITED DURATION INSURANCE RULE NULLIFICATION.

The final interagency rule published by the Internal Revenue Service, the Employee Benefits Security Administration, and the Health and Human Services Department relating to “Short-Term, Limited- Duration Insurance and Independent, Noncoordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage” (89 Fed. Reg. 23338 (April 3, 2024)) shall have no force or effect. <all>

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