Trade Coalition Urges Repeal Of Health Account OTC Restriction
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Trade groups across multiple industries are pitching Congress to reverse a provision of health care reform that makes health savings account reimbursement of OTC drugs more difficult.
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