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Health Care & Prescription Drugs

204
tracked promises
46%
of scored promises kept
151
stated positions
150/1
declared / inferred
105
officials on record

Officials on Health Care & Prescription Drugs

Officials on this issue
RDonald J. Trump2124%1
DJoe Biden1638%1
DChristina Bohannan62
D, Bridget Brink52
DMargaret Wood Hassan4100%2
DMichelle Lujan Grisham42
DCory A. Booker367%3
DRaphael G. Warnock350%2
DAngela D. Alsobrooks30%2
DAngie Craig32
DLisa Blunt Rochester33
RKatie Boyd Britt33
RKim Reynolds32
DAndy Beshear32
DManny Rutinel32
IBernard Sanders2100%1
RBill Cassidy2100%2
DChristopher Murphy2100%2
DGary C. Peters2100%2
DBrian Schatz2100%2
DTim Kaine2100%2
RRon Johnson2100%2
DAlex Padilla2100%2
DElizabeth Warren250%1
DAdam B. Schiff250%2
DAmy Klobuchar250%2
DTina Smith250%2
RJosh Hawley20%2
DTammy Baldwin20%2
DMichael F. Bennet20%2
DCatherine Cortez Masto20%2
DLaura Kelly20%2
DJohn W. Hickenlooper22
DMatt Meyer21
RMariannette Miller-Meeks22
DSheldon Whitehouse22
RSusan M. Collins22
DJack Reed22
DMark R. Warner22
DDan McKee21
RLisa Murkowski22
DPeter Welch21
DJon Ossoff22
DElissa Slotkin22
DJB Pritzker22
DGretchen Whitmer22
DAbigail Spanberger22
RPatrick Morrisey22
DCharles E. Schumer1100%2
DJeff Merkley1100%1
RMike Crapo1100%1
RJerry Moran1100%1
RSteve Daines1100%1
RDan Sullivan1100%1
DJacky Rosen1100%1
DChristopher A. Coons1100%1
DAdam Smith1100%1
RAndrew R. Garbarino1100%1
DFrank Pallone, Jr.1100%1
DRick Larsen1100%1
DTammy Duckworth10%1
RJohn Kennedy10%1
RJames C. Justice10%1
DGavin Newsom10%1
RTed Cruz10%1
RJoni Ernst10%1
DPete Aguilar10%1
RChuck Grassley10%1
RJohn Barrasso11
DNed Lamont11
RMike Braun11
DWes Moore11
RMitch McConnell11
DJeanne Shaheen11
DKirsten E. Gillibrand11
DMartin Heinrich11
DMazie K. Hirono11
RTom Cole11
DBen Ray Luján11
DEdward J. Markey11
RBruce Westerman11
DRon Wyden11
DHakeem S. Jeffries11
DRuben Gallego11
RRoger Marshall11
RBernie Moreno11
RJoe Lombardo11
DJared Polis11
RBrad Little11
DJosh Green11
RTate Reeves11
RKelly Armstrong11
DJosh Shapiro11
RHenry McMaster11
RLarry Rhoden11
DTony Evers11
DJamie Raskin11
RBrian Babin11
RMichael J Rogers11
DHaley Stevens11
DAdam Gray11
DRichard J. Durbin11
RThom Tillis11
DSteve Padilla02
DNathan Johnson01

Positions on record

  • , Bridget BrinkStated position

    Reverse the Medicaid cuts in the 2025 reconciliation law (repeal what she calls the 'Big Ugly Bill').

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  • Christina BohannanStated position

    Expand the number of drugs Medicare can negotiate lower prices for, and extend those negotiated prices to people on private insurance.

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  • Pass the Accelerating Kids' Access to Care Act (H.R.4758) to reduce barriers for children with complex medical conditions by streamlining the Medicaid provider-enrollment process for out-of-state care.

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  • Lower prescription drug prices by imposing transparency and fairness on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) through her DRUG Act (H.R.2305).

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  • Manny RutinelStated position

    Crack down on surprise hospital billing and bar insurers from charging out-of-network rates for care at in-network facilities.

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  • Manny RutinelStated position

    Expand Medicare's power to negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs.

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  • Adam GrayStated position

    Protect and expand access to affordable health care so families don't have to choose between paying for health care and rent — including reversing the Medicaid cuts (Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act of 2025) and expanding access for rural communities and veterans.

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  • Haley StevensStated position

    Expand access to Medicare (rather than adopt a Medicare for All system).

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  • Rick LarsenStated position

    Restore and extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits to preserve affordable coverage for roughly 26,000 Northwest Washington residents.

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  • Pete AguilarStated position

    Lower prescription drug costs for Inland Empire families and seniors by empowering Medicare to negotiate drug prices directly with manufacturers and capping out-of-pocket insulin costs at $35 per month.

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  • Alex PadillaStated position

    Work to guarantee quality, affordable, and equitable health care for every American.

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  • Ron JohnsonStated position

    Pledged to work tirelessly on behalf of patients and their families until federal Right to Try legislation, allowing terminally ill patients access to experimental treatments, was signed into law.

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  • Brian BabinStated position

    Establish common-sense patient-safety standards for orthodontic treatment provided through teledentistry via his ORTHO Act (H.R.9829).

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  • James C. JusticeStated position

    Committed to work to reform health care to lower insurance costs, improve care, and protect access for people with pre-existing conditions.

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  • Jacky RosenStated position

    Committed to keep fighting to lower prescription drug costs, including continuing efforts to cap insulin costs and preserve Medicare's ability to negotiate lower drug prices.

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  • Tina SmithStated position

    Promised at the start of her Senate term to work to reduce the cost of prescription drugs for Minnesotans, an ongoing commitment reflected in legislation to increase drug-price transparency and let Medicare negotiate prices.

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  • Angela D. AlsobrooksStated position

    Alsobrooks supports placing caps on total out-of-pocket expenses and expanding the federal government's ability to negotiate prescription drug prices.

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  • Angela D. AlsobrooksStated position

    Alsobrooks will work to pass a Medicare buy-in option and apply ACA subsidies to the plan so all Americans have access regardless of income.

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  • Steve PadillaStated position

    Work to guarantee quality, affordable, and equitable health care for every American.

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  • John KennedyStated position

    Committed to replacing Obamacare with an alternative health care system.

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  • Tim KaineStated position

    States he remains committed to protecting the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, and Medicaid.

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  • Steve DainesStated position

    Made a campaign promise to Montanans to work to repeal Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act).

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  • Adam B. SchiffStated position

    Lower medicine costs by letting the government negotiate the prices of all prescription drugs.

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  • Adam B. SchiffStated position

    Work toward passing Medicare for All.

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  • Jerry MoranStated position

    Pledged to continue supporting federal funding for critical mental health services.

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  • Nathan JohnsonStated position

    Pledged to work tirelessly on behalf of patients and their families until federal Right to Try legislation, allowing terminally ill patients access to experimental treatments, was signed into law.

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  • Mike CrapoStated position

    Pledges to continue working with Senate colleagues to reform the health care system so all Idahoans can receive needed care.

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  • Bill CassidyStated position

    Committed to lead the effort in Congress to lower prescription drug prices and create competition.

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  • Michael F. BennetStated position

    In his first 100 days as governor, complete and publish a comprehensive evaluation of health care cost drivers in Colorado.

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  • Michael F. BennetStated position

    Design and launch a new Colorado Public Option for Coloradans who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but struggle to afford individual-market coverage.

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  • Sheldon WhitehouseStated position

    Introduced the Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act to reform bankruptcy procedures for people burdened by medical debt, including letting families keep at least $250,000 in home equity and keeping medical bankruptcies off consumer credit reports.

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  • Jon OssoffStated position

    Committed to crack down on the use of artificial intelligence to improperly deny health care by co-sponsoring a Congressional Review Act resolution to repeal the WISeR Model that applies AI review to Medicare service decisions.

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  • John W. HickenlooperStated position

    Committed to fight to create a public option, saying he would work to restore health care coverage cuts and add a government insurance option.

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  • John W. HickenlooperStated position

    Pledged to lower drug costs by empowering Medicare to negotiate the prices of all prescription drugs.

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  • , Bridget BrinkStated position

    Cap the cost of insulin at $35 for all Americans.

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  • Bruce WestermanStated position

    Advance the Fair Care Act (H.R. 8840) to lower the cost of health care services, prescription drugs, and health insurance coverage in the United States.

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  • Sheldon WhitehouseStated position

    Introduced the bipartisan Medicare Advantage Improvement Act to curb prior-authorization delays, requiring standard approvals within 72 hours and barring automated denial algorithms.

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  • Jamie RaskinStated position

    Strengthen the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by funding crisis-center follow-up services and improving the accessibility of 988, by passing the 9-8-8 Connect Act (H.R. 8122), which I introduced.

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  • Jeanne ShaheenStated position

    As co-chair of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, Shaheen committed to her bipartisan INSULIN Act, which she said would finally lower the cost of insulin for diabetic patients regardless of insurance status.

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  • Susan M. CollinsStated position

    Co-sponsored the bipartisan INSULIN Act, legislation she said would cap the out-of-pocket cost of insulin at $35 per month and address underlying issues in the insulin market for both insured and uninsured patients.

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  • Michael J RogersStated position

    Lower prescription drug costs for Americans, including making foreign nations pay a share of the drug research-and-development costs currently borne by U.S. consumers.

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  • Gretchen WhitmerStated position

    Enact a package of medical-debt protections: cap interest rates on medical debt, bar medical debt from appearing on credit reports, require hospitals to offer financial-assistance programs, and ban home liens or foreclosures over medical debt.

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  • Gretchen WhitmerStated position

    Make a significant state investment to stabilize Medicaid funding so as to protect benefits and maintain coverage for eligible Michiganders amid federal cuts.

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  • Wes MooreStated position

    Introduce legislation (the Vax Act) to decouple the state's vaccine authority from the federal government's, letting Maryland rely on independent medical guidance.

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  • Jon OssoffStated position

    Committed to advance the bipartisan 988 Lifeline Location Improvement Act to add geolocation to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline so emergency responders can locate people in mental-health crises more effectively.

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  • Tom ColeStated position

    I will pass the Medical Student Education Authorization Act (H.R. 5428) to authorize the Medical Student Education Program through Fiscal Year 2028, funding grants that expand physician training in states with the most severe primary-care shortages.

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  • Ned LamontStated position

    Committed to advance the Connecticut Option, a plan to encourage state employees, retirees, and small businesses to use higher-value hospitals in order to control health-care costs.

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  • Josh ShapiroStated position

    Provide $10 million in dedicated state funding for the 988 suicide and crisis hotline — described as the first such state investment in Pennsylvania.

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  • Josh GreenStated position

    Include $16.5 million in the proposed 2026 state budget to cover the cost of preserving enhanced ACA (Affordable Care Act) health-insurance tax credits.

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  • Matt MeyerStated position

    Create Delaware's first medical school to train physicians to serve statewide.

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  • Tim KaineStated position

    Committed to keep working toward a bipartisan extension of the ACA enhanced premium tax credits (subsidies) that lower marketplace insurance premiums.

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  • Michelle Lujan GrishamStated position

    Pass a modernized civil commitment law, with the goal of moving it through the state Senate.

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  • Michelle Lujan GrishamStated position

    Enact medical malpractice reform to lower the cost of care and retain health care professionals.

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  • Abigail SpanbergerStated position

    Establish a cross-agency Interagency Health Financing Task Force to make healthcare spending more efficient, maximize federal funding, and reduce duplicative spending to lower healthcare costs for Virginians.

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  • Abigail SpanbergerStated position

    Crack down on the pharmacy-benefit-manager 'middlemen' driving up prescription drug prices, including directing implementation of a single, Virginia-run PBM for the Medicaid pharmacy benefit.

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  • Jared PolisStated position

    Take action to bring Medicaid costs to a more sustainable level while protecting access for the roughly 1.2 million Coloradans who rely on Medicaid.

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  • Dan McKeeStated position

    Propose a strategic investment providing further student loan forgiveness for primary care physicians who commit to staying and working in Rhode Island.

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  • Laura KellyStated position

    Use her budget to expand mental health capacity in Kansas, adding more treatment beds, more professionals, and more crisis response.

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  • Kim ReynoldsStated position

    Invest $50 million in cancer screening, prevention and treatment in one year, with the potential to grow to $183 million over four years.

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  • Larry RhodenStated position

    Outlined a health-care workforce plan committing to attract and retain health professionals, expand community health workers, integrate behavioral health into primary care, improve chronic disease management, and support rural facilities.

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  • Brad LittleStated position

    Commit another $1 million in state funding to graduate medical education to address Idaho's physician shortage.

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  • Henry McMasterStated position

    Provide $115 million to create a new National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Hospital in South Carolina.

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  • Andy BeshearStated position

    Provide $100 million to lower the cost of coverage on the state's health insurance exchange.

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  • Angie CraigStated position

    Lower prescription drug prices by expanding Medicare's drug-price negotiation to Americans with private insurance, increasing the number of negotiated drugs from 20 to 50 per year, and capping price increases at the rate of inflation (Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act).

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  • Roger MarshallStated position

    Enact 'The Marshall Plan' (the Lowering Healthcare Costs for Americans Act) as a comprehensive healthcare overhaul to root out fraud, force price transparency, protect vulnerable patients, and lower costs for families. Marshall introduced the bill as his proposed starting point for reform.

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  • Bernie MorenoStated position

    Reform ACA subsidies through a two-year agenda (the CARE Act) aimed at bringing down health-care costs, working across party lines.

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  • Lisa Blunt RochesterStated position

    Reform the Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) system through the PBM Disclosure Act, requiring PBMs and third-party administrators to disclose the compensation they receive, to help lower prescription drug costs.

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  • Lisa Blunt RochesterStated position

    Introduce the Restoring Patient Protections and Affordability Act to make health care more affordable and accessible, including preventing premium spikes by extending the enhanced ACA tax credits for three years.

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  • Hakeem S. JeffriesStated position

    Extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits for three years.

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  • Angie CraigStated position

    Create a government-run public health insurance option on the ACA marketplaces and permanently extend the enhanced ACA premium tax credits (Medicare-X Choice Act).

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  • Katie Boyd BrittStated position

    Reintroduced the NIH IMPROVE Act to secure dedicated funding for maternal care and mortality research, committing to improving health outcomes for women before, during, and after pregnancy.

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  • Gary C. PetersStated position

    Vowed to keep fighting to strengthen the Affordable Care Act and lower health care costs, made while opposing a 2025 government-funding measure he said failed to address rising premiums.

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  • Tate ReevesStated position

    Implement the state's Rural Health Transformation Program plan to expand healthcare access across rural Mississippi communities.

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  • Susan M. CollinsStated position

    Reintroduced the bipartisan Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act, which she said would lower prescription drug costs by removing barriers that delay generic drugs from reaching the market and increasing competition.

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  • Jack ReedStated position

    Committed to driving down health-care costs and ensuring every Rhode Islander can buy affordable, comprehensive coverage, amid a push to extend ACA affordability measures.

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  • Lisa MurkowskiStated position

    As part of a framework to avert a government shutdown, committed to propose a one-year extension of the enhanced premium tax credits and to work to build consensus for it.

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  • Ruben GallegoStated position

    Pass the Capping Prescription Costs Act to cap annual out-of-pocket prescription drug costs at $2,000 for individuals and $4,000 for families with private insurance.

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  • Margaret Wood HassanStated position

    Committed to combat unfair hospital facility fees by advancing bipartisan legislation requiring hospitals to use unique provider numbers for each hospital-owned clinic or office when billing patients.

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  • Lisa Blunt RochesterStated position

    Advance the bipartisan Senior Savings Protection Act to protect supplemental benefit investments that help seniors make informed health decisions.

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  • Josh HawleyStated position

    Continue working to reverse the future Medicaid cuts contained in the 2025 reconciliation law so they do not take effect.

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  • Thom TillisStated position

    Stated he would not support the 2025 Senate reconciliation bill in its then-current form, citing projected Medicaid funding cuts to North Carolina, and called for returning to the House's Medicaid approach.

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  • Elissa SlotkinStated position

    In her 'Economic War Plan' address, Slotkin called for creating a nationwide public health insurance option that any American of any age could buy into.

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  • Ron WydenStated position

    Pledged to keep fighting the Medicaid and health care cuts in the 2025 Republican budget reconciliation bill until the process concluded.

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  • Christopher MurphyStated position

    Advance the Choose Medicare Act, legislation he introduced to let every American and every employer buy into a Medicare option through the ACA exchanges.

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  • Christina BohannanStated position

    Allow Americans of any age to buy into Medicare as an affordable public option, without forcing anyone off private insurance.

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  • Brian SchatzStated position

    Enact the State Public Option Act to let states open their Medicaid programs to all residents regardless of income, creating a Medicaid-based public health insurance option.

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  • Raphael G. WarnockStated position

    Continue fighting to protect Medicaid and health-care access against proposed Republican cuts affecting millions of Americans.

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  • John BarrassoStated position

    Committed to strengthen and preserve the Medicaid program.

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  • Martin HeinrichStated position

    Co-sponsor and advance the SMART Prices Act to expand Medicare drug price negotiation and lower prescription drug costs for seniors.

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  • Richard J. DurbinStated position

    During a visit with health-care leaders in Springfield, Durbin committed to keep working against Medicaid cuts and high drug costs: "I'll continue fighting to protect Medicaid and lower the cost of prescription drugs for Illinoisans."

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  • Jack ReedStated position

    Committed to working to prevent House Republican-proposed cuts to Medicaid that he said could strip health coverage from vulnerable Americans.

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  • Mazie K. HironoStated position

    Pass legislation she co-introduced with Rep. Judy Chu to invest in mental health resources, combat stigma, and expand access to culturally and linguistically appropriate mental health care in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities.

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  • Katie Boyd BrittStated position

    Introduced the Access to Breast Cancer Diagnosis (ABCD) Act to require health insurers to cover follow-up diagnostic breast cancer examinations at no out-of-pocket cost to the patient.

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  • Peter WelchStated position

    Pass the SMART Prices Act to expand Medicare's ability to negotiate the prices of more prescription drugs and lower costs faster, building on the Inflation Reduction Act.

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  • Katie Boyd BrittStated position

    Reintroduced the CONNECT for Health Act to expand and make permanent Medicare telehealth flexibilities, stating she is committed to supporting legislation ensuring accessible healthcare regardless of zip code.

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  • Elissa SlotkinStated position

    Slotkin helped introduce the Lower Drug Costs for Families Act, which she says would hold pharmaceutical companies accountable for price hikes and lower prescription drug costs.

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  • Catherine Cortez MastoStated position

    Cortez Masto committed to making prescription drugs affordable, saying the job of lowering drug costs is not done and pledging to hold Big Pharma accountable so no one faces steep price hikes, via legislation with Sen. Klobuchar to penalize above-inflation price increases.

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  • Lisa MurkowskiStated position

    Stated she did not and will not support cuts to Medicaid.

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  • Mark R. WarnerStated position

    Introduce the Protecting Pharmacies in Medicaid Act to end the practice of 'spread pricing' by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and lower prescription costs for patients and local pharmacies.

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  • Mark R. WarnerStated position

    Introduce the Accelerating Kids' Access to Care Act to cut administrative redundancies for health care providers and ensure children get care when they need it.

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  • Edward J. MarkeyStated position

    Committed to fight to expand the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security.

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  • JB PritzkerStated position

    Committed to introduce the Prescription Drug Affordability Act to rein in pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and lower prescription drug costs for Illinois patients.

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  • JB PritzkerStated position

    Committed to ban insurer prior authorization for all behavioral health care to stop insurers from blocking access to mental health treatment.

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  • Mitch McConnellStated position

    Committed to oppose the re-litigation of proven vaccines and cures, publicly criticizing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services on those grounds.

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  • Patrick MorriseyStated position

    Increase Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA) funding by roughly $45 million in his budget so the state meets its legal obligations, and work with the Legislature on short- and long-term PEIA solutions.

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  • Patrick MorriseyStated position

    Repeal West Virginia's Certificate of Need (CON) laws for health care providers.

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  • Bill CassidyStated position

    Committed that, if Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were confirmed as HHS Secretary, he would use his authority as Chairman of the Senate HELP Committee to rebuff any attempt to remove the public's access to vaccines absent ironclad, causational scientific evidence.

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  • Mike BraunStated position

    Lower health care costs by requiring price transparency, stopping anti-competitive practices, and ending surprise medical billing.

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  • Tony EversStated position

    Pledged to fight every effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

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  • Joe LombardoStated position

    Split up the Department of Health and Human Services and stand up a new Nevada Health Authority to manage Medicaid, the Health Exchange, Employee Benefits, and mental health funding.

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  • Kim ReynoldsStated position

    Have Iowa apply for a federal waiver to institute work requirements for able-bodied adults on Medicaid.

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  • Andy BeshearStated position

    Make safe, regulated medical cannabis available for purchase in Kentucky within 2025.

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  • Kirsten E. GillibrandStated position

    Pass the 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act to provide permanent and mandatory funding for the World Trade Center Health Program.

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  • Kelly ArmstrongStated position

    Robustly fund the Free Through Recovery and Community Connect programs to expand addiction and behavioral-health services and reduce reliance on jails and prisons.

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  • Ben Ray LujánStated position

    Pledged to continue his efforts to protect New Mexicans' access to health care and to lower prescription drug costs.

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  • Elizabeth WarrenStated position

    Pass the Patients Before Monopolies (PBM) Act to force health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers to divest their pharmacy businesses in order to lower prescription drug costs.

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  • Cory A. BookerStated position

    Booker committed to advancing the Prescription Drug Affordability and Access Act, which would establish an independent federal Bureau of Prescription Drug Affordability and Access to review and set drug prices, and to allow other producers to make a drug if a company refuses to comply with the reviewed price.

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  • Tammy BaldwinStated position

    Pass the Capping Prescription Costs Act to place an annual cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs ($2,000 per individual / $4,000 per family) for people with private insurance.

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  • Josh HawleyStated position

    Take on Big Pharma and cap the price of insulin so families pay less out of pocket.

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  • Donald J. TrumpStated position

    President Trump has made absolutely clear that he will not cut one penny from Medicare or Social Security. American Citizens work hard their whole lives, contributing to Social Security and Medicare. These programs are promises to our Seniors, ensuring they can live their golden years with dignity.

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  • Bernard SandersStated position

    Lower prescription drug prices so Americans pay no more than people in other major countries.

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  • Brian SchatzStated position

    Make permanent the Medicare telehealth flexibilities first expanded during the pandemic, through the Telehealth Modernization Act and the CONNECT for Health Act.

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  • Laura KellyStated position

    Expand Medicaid in Kansas to cover roughly 150,000 low-income Kansans (the Healthcare Access for Working Kansans / HAWK Act).

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  • Margaret Wood HassanStated position

    Committed to continue working to lower prescription drug costs, including by cracking down on drug-manufacturer patent abuses that delay access to generic medications.

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  • Christopher MurphyStated position

    Pursue the National Strategy for Social Connection Act, which he introduced to establish a White House Office of Social Connection Policy and a national strategy to combat loneliness.

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  • Tina SmithStated position

    Committed to keep pushing the Mental Health Services for Students Act to help schools partner with local mental-health providers and place mental-health services on-site for K-12 students.

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  • Cory A. BookerStated position

    Booker committed to advancing the bicameral Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act, a package of bills intended to reduce maternal mortality and eliminate racial disparities in maternal health outcomes.

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  • Amy KlobucharStated position

    Pass legislation (the SMART Prices Act) to strengthen and expand Medicare's authority to negotiate lower prescription drug prices, covering more drugs and increasing the savings Medicare can negotiate.

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  • Raphael G. WarnockStated position

    Pass the Capping Prescription Costs Act to cap annual out-of-pocket prescription-drug costs (at $2,000 for individuals / $4,000 for families) for people with private insurance.

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  • Gavin NewsomStated position

    Newsom pledged that through the state's CalRx program, California would make insulin available at about $30 for a 10mL vial (and $55 for a five-pack of pens), a roughly 90% cut from typical prices.

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  • Tammy DuckworthStated position

    Committed to pass the CARE for Long COVID Act to expand research, resources, and education for Americans living with Long COVID.

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  • Andrew R. GarbarinoStated position

    Secure additional and long-term funding for the World Trade Center Health Program — through the 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act he sponsors — so 9/11 responders and survivors keep their medical monitoring and treatment.

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  • Steve PadillaStated position

    Make health care more affordable and lower prescription drug costs, including lowering the cost of insulin for millions of Californians (supporting a $35/month insulin cap).

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  • Alex PadillaStated position

    Make health care more affordable and lower prescription drug costs, including lowering the cost of insulin for millions of Californians (supporting a $35/month insulin cap).

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  • Tammy BaldwinStated position

    Cap the out-of-pocket cost of insulin at $35 per month for Americans, by passing legislation such as the Affordable Insulin Now Act.

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  • Catherine Cortez MastoStated position

    Cortez Masto committed to making lifesaving drugs like insulin affordable for all Nevadans, and introduced a bill with Sen. Rosen to cap out-of-pocket insulin costs.

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  • Charles E. SchumerStated position

    Lower prescription drug costs by empowering Medicare to negotiate drug prices

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  • Chuck GrassleyStated position

    Committed to passing his bipartisan, negotiated Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act (PDPRA) as a standalone bill to lower prescription drug costs.

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  • Christopher A. CoonsStated position

    Reintroduced the bipartisan Reach Every Mother and Child (REACH) Act to strengthen U.S. global-health programs with the stated goal of ending preventable deaths of mothers, newborns, and young children in the developing world by 2030.

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  • Frank Pallone, Jr.Stated position

    Empower Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices and cap out-of-pocket costs for Medicare Part D enrollees, as author and lead sponsor of the Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3), which would require federal negotiation of at least 25 brand-name drug prices (including insulin) each year.

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  • Joe BidenStated position

    What I'm going to do is pass Obamacare with a public option — become Bidencare. I'm going to reduce drug prices by making sure that there's competition that doesn't exist now by allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices with the insurance companies.

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  • Dan SullivanStated position

    Continue opposing single-payer 'Medicare-for-All' health care proposals.

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  • Cory A. BookerStated position

    Expand access to health care and lower prescription drug costs for Americans.

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  • Gary C. PetersStated position

    Committed to keep working to lower health care and prescription drug prices for Michigan families and seniors.

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  • Amy KlobucharStated position

    As part of her 2020 presidential campaign's 'first 100 days' plan, pledged to immediately suspend efforts to eliminate the Affordable Care Act's protections for people with pre-existing conditions. (Made as a presidential candidate; conditional on winning the presidency.)

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  • Adam SmithStated position

    Co-sponsor the State-Based Universal Health Care Act to let states establish their own universal/single-payer health care systems by streamlining federal waivers and funding.

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  • Joni ErnstStated position

    Committed to repeal and replace Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act) while protecting coverage for people with pre-existing conditions.

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  • Jeff MerkleyStated position

    Cosponsor and support Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All legislation to establish a single-payer national health insurance program.

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  • Ron JohnsonStated position

    Committed to vote for full repeal of the Affordable Care Act, conditioned on enacting a replacement.

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  • Ted CruzStated position

    Committed to continue working to unite Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act ('Obamacare') and enact healthcare reforms he says can lower premiums and costs.

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  • Charles E. SchumerInferred · AI analysis · 80% confidence

    As sponsor of the Lower Health Care Costs Act (S.3385), which would extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits through 2028, Schumer's legislative record shows support for reducing the health-care costs borne by consumers — consistent with the topic's goal of lowering what Americans pay for medical care.

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