U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) today harshly criticized the Trump Administration’s announced major cuts to independent health care Navigators who help consumers make decisions on affordable health care options. The University of South Florida (USF), which has consistently received the largest annual Navigator Grant in the country, likely will lose millions of dollars. Read more »

This news release was issued by the National Breast Cancer Coalition: The National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC) commends U.S. Rep. Peter King (R-NY2) and U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL14) for introducing the Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act. This important legislation is a top priority for NBCC and would provide individuals with metastatic breast cancer who already qualify… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) decries the Republican “small ball” approach to the widespread opioid crisis and “hypocrisy” as the GOP and Trump Administration work to rip coverage away from people with preexisting conditions Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) and U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (FL) led Florida’s Democratic congressional delegation in a letter today to Florida Gov. Rick Scott condemning the GOP assault on the protection against discrimination for preexisting conditions in health coverage. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) released the following statement after the Trump Administration wrongly and cruelly argued in a court brief that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) protections for preexisting conditions should be ruled unconstitutional: Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) released the following statement as House Republicans are poised to pass a bill tonight at the urging of President Trump that largely targets children who rely on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for doctor visits and health care. Florida serves 345,000 kids through CHIP per MediKids, Healthy Kids and Children’s Medical Services. The Republican rescissions bill follows the Republicans tax scam law that racked up $1.8 trillion in debt with benefits provided largely to the well-to-do, but little to middle class families and families striving to get into the middle class. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) released the following statement calling for action in Congress to address the dire opioid health crisis – action that actually meets the scale of the epidemic – following a lengthy mark up of minor opioid bills by her committee, Energy and Commerce, this week and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s lawsuit in response to the opioid crisis. Read more »

Today, U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor (FL14), Ted Deutch (FL22) and U.S. Sen. Nelson and the entire Democratic Florida Delegation urged Gov. Rick Scott to take action to prevent higher health premiums and costs on Florida families as the devastating and repeated assault on health care by President Trump and Congressional Republicans adds up. Read more »

While Florida Gov. Rick Scott seeks a proposal to cut nearly $100 million from families who rely on Medicaid, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) and U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson are leading an effort by members of Congress from Florida to stop it and protect seniors and our neighbors with disabilities. Read more »

An investigation of the bipartisan U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee uncovered that drug wholesalers and distributors flooded West Virginia and other areas with massive amounts of opioids even after warnings from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14), who serves as vice ranking member of the committee, questioned CEOs of five drug wholesaler corporations that distributed mind-boggling amounts of opioids to small towns and cities for many years. Drug distributors chose to embrace profits and high salaries over their responsibility to the American people under the law that requires them to report and stop suspicious orders. These distributors need greater accountability. Read more »