May 12, 2008 11:27AM 

# Congress Tries to Stunt HSA Growth 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

---

<a class="js-popover-trigger cursor-pointer popover-trigger" data-bs-placement="bottom" data-bs-trigger="click" id="popover-trigger"> 

SHARE 

</a> 

I’ve got an oped in today’s *Orange County Register* on congressional efforts to smother [health savings accounts](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6395) (HSAs) in the cradle:

> In April, House Democrats passed legislation that would impose onerous and unnecessary reporting requirements on people with tax-free health savings accounts … what really bothers them is the fact that HSAs let workers control their own money.

Read all about it [here](http://www.ocregister.com/articles/tax-hsa-health-2039725-withdrawals-hsas).

Read about letting workers control all their health care dollars [here](http://www.bepress.com/fhep/11/2/3/).

##### Related Tags 

[General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Health Care](https://www.cato.org/health-care) 

[![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) 
This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).