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U.S. Rep. Castor, Navigators Urge Florida Neighbors to Find Affordable, Quality Health Care Plans

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Tags: Health Care, Protecting Consumers

Today, U.S. Representative Kathy Castor (FL14) was joined by Jodi Ray, Program Director of Florida Covering Kids & Families, and community partners to outline what Floridians will find on the health care marketplace during this enrollment period, which takes place November 1 to December 15. Florida residents can take advantage of local Navigators who provide free assistance when looking for the best coverage plan for their families.

Castor, Tampa Bay AARP support legislation to lower drug prices for Floridians

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Tags: Health Care

Today, U.S. Rep Kathy Castor (FL14), Tampa Bay AARP, JDRF and local residents highlighted the urgent need to lower prescription drug prices for Floridians. Castor announced that she is cosponsoring the Lower Drug Costs Now Act (HR 3) that would provide much-needed relief for Florida seniors and families who depend on medication whether they are covered by Medicare, private insurance or are uninsured. The bill will allow Medicare to negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs and extend the lower costs to families who rely on private insurance. Currently, an estimated 98,000 uninsured individuals in Tampa Bay pay higher prices for prescription drugs than patients in other countries.

U.S. Rep. Castor: Trump Has Violated His Oath of Office

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Today U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) released the following statement: “The House is proceeding in a deliberate manner to gather the evidence of corruption and of obstruction of justice by the president and his associates. At least six congressional committees are investigating ethical and criminal violations, including review of financial records that were not covered in the Mueller investigation. The American people deserve to understand the depth and breadth of Trump’s ethical and criminal violations.

Florida and Coastal States Better Protected from Drilling Threat with Passage of U.S. Rep. Castor's Protecting and Securing Florida's Coastline Act

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Tags: Climate Crisis, Jobs & Economy, Military

Florida and coastal states across the country declared a victory today with the passage of H.R. 205, the Protecting and Securing Florida's Coastline Act. Protecting Florida’s beaches and coastal resources has been a part of U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor’s (D-Tampa, Fla.) life work and she sponsored the bipartisan bill with U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney (R-Naples, Fla). The landmark bill protects Florida’s way of life and America’s national security by making the moratorium on oil drilling in federal waters off Florida coasts permanent. The moratorium is set expire in 2022. While the Trump administration has worked to open areas in the Gulf of Mexico and coastal areas to drilling, the Democratic-led House of Representatives acted to stop the unneeded and unwanted expansion.

U.S. Rep. Castor's Statement Following a Federal Judge's Ruling on Junk Health Insurance Plans

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Tags: Health Care

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) released the following statement after a federal judge ruled in favor of the Trump administration’s expansion of the sale of short-term junk health insurance plans that do not meet standards set in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), could leave Americans on the hook for costly medical bills and discriminate against neighbors with preexisting conditions:

U.S. Rep. Castor Leads on Landmark Raise the Wage Act to Increase the Federal Minimum Wage

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Tags: Small Business, Jobs & Economy, Women

Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) led her colleagues in passing the Raise the Wage Act, landmark legislation to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025. According to independent economic analysis, the bill would increase pay for up to 33 million American workers including 129,600 neighbors in Tampa and Hillsborough County.