Direct OTC Purchases With Pre-Tax Accounts Swing On ACA Change, Not Repeal

Sens. Pat Roberts, R-KS, and Heidi Heitkamp, D-ND, and Reps. Lynn Jenkins, R-KS and Ron Kind, D-WI, once again introduce the Restoring Access to Medications Act, proposing amending rather than repealing ACA.

The OTC drug industry targets amending the Affordable Care Act to once again allow direct purchases of nonprescription drugs with pre-tax savings accounts, unlike the broad focus by the Republican majority in Congress and President Trump to repeal or replace ACA.

Meanwhile, dietary supplements would be eligible for the first time for purchases using flexible spending, healthy savings and other pre-tax...