Rep. Roy Revives Effort to Expand Access to Health Savings Accounts

The proposal aims to reduce health care costs by increasing competition and expanding consumer choice.

​​House Rules Committee member Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said during the panel’s four-hour Jan. 30 meeting that ending the federal healthcare worker vaccination mandate is “part of a bigger discussion that we should have regarding deference to the executive [branch] and to the bureaucratic state.” Win McNamee/Getty Images

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) has called for Congress to expand access to health savings accounts (HSAs) during the budget reconciliation process, which Republicans plan to complete as soon as April 20.

The expansion is one of several actions Roy said could make Americans healthier by removing government subsidies and regulations and increasing choice and competition in health care services.