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. Read more »

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: Read more »

Today Republicans, with the unfortunate support of our own State of Florida, pressed in court to destroy affordable health care coverage for millions of Floridians and Americans. If the GOP and President Trump prevail in Texas v. U.S. in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, coverage for preexisting conditions and other consumer protections will end. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) and House Democrats are continuing their work For The People by voting to pass H.R 987, the Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act, a major piece of legislation that addresses the top concerns of the American people – defending affordable health care and protections for our neighbors with preexisting conditions while also lowering prescription drug prices. The package included three Castor-led bills to lower health care costs and protect families. Read more »

Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) led her U.S. House colleagues in a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler, calling on him to oppose any action that could undermine or weaken the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS). Read more »

Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) continued to stand up to President Trump and his party’s relentless sabotage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Castor championed the Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act, which passed the House today. The bill is an attempt to blunt the GOP’s legislative actions and their lawsuit that would invalidate the entire health care law and rip vital consumer health care protections from hundreds of millions of Americans. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) released the following statement after the Trump administration filed a legal memo calling for a complete invalidation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in the Texas v. United States health care lawsuit before the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, endangering the health of Americans across the nation: Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) and several of her colleagues in the U.S. House reintroduced H.R. 1226, her bipartisan Advancing Care for Exceptional (ACE) Kids Act, which would help improve the coordination of and access to high quality care to ensure optimal outcomes for children with complex medical conditions on Medicaid. Read more »

In response to the continued sabotage of affordable, quality health care and protections for our neighbors with preexisting conditions by President Trump and Republicans in Congress, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) and colleagues U.S. Reps. Nanette Diaz Barragan (CA44), Steven Horsford (NV4), Gwen Moore (WI4), Lauren Underwood (IL14) and Mark DeSaulnier (CA11) introduced legislation to reverse the Trump Administration’s expansion of junk health insurance plans, also known as short-term, limited-duration insurance plans. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) released the below statement following President Trump’s shortsighted State of the Union address: “Tonight, we heard little vision from President Trump.  He did not mention higher wages for Americans and gave only passing reference to tackling exorbitant health care and drug costs.  There also was no mention of the most significant crisis of our… Read more »