The House Ways and Means Committee plans to meet Thursday to mark up a collection of bills that could revamp health savings accounts (HSAs) and flexible spending accounts (FSAs).

The committee already has sent about 10 measures to the congressional Joint Committee on Taxation for budget impact reviews.

One of the bills, for example, H.R. 5842, the Restoring Access to Medication Act bill, would restore health account holders' ability to use HSA and FSA cash to pay for over-the-counter medications not prescribed by physicians.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.