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U.S. Rep. Castor's Statement on Today's Cancelled TrumpCare Vote

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Today, House Republicans pulled the TrumpCare bill that was scheduled for a vote this afternoon on the U.S. House floor. U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) made the following statement about it: “Today, my neighbors in Florida and hardworking families across America can breathe a sigh of relief that the Republican TrumpCare bill failed thanks to the outpouring of opposition from citizens, doctors, nurses, hospitals and advocates. They knew it would rip coverage away, raise costs and provide a massive tax break to wealthy special interests.

U.S. Rep. Castor Announces the TrumpCare bill's Negative Effects on Florida Families and Florida's State Budget

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U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) announced that the TrumpCare bill actually is getting worse for Florida families and our state budget, as it heads to the House floor for a vote on Thursday. The changes released by the GOP late last night in the “manager’s amendment” are an attempt to win the votes of the right-wing Tea Party caucus. “TrumpCare will be devastating to Florida families…

U.S. Rep. Castor's Statement re: the CBO's Report on the House Republican Health Care Repeal Bill

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The CBO today released its report on the devastating impact the House Republican health care repeal bill will have on American families: “It is unconscionable that Republicans are cutting health care for millions of Americans while providing massive tax breaks to the wealthy few. Fourteen million more Americans will be uninsured under the Republican repeal scheme than under current law…

Burgess, Hudson, Green, Castor Introduce Bill to Improve Trauma Care Through Military-Civilian Partnership

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Representatives Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Richard Hudson (R-NC) and Kathy Castor (D-FL) reintroduced the MISSION Zero Act (H.R. 880), to assist the Department of Defense (DoD) in assigning trauma surgeons to civilian trauma centers filling a gap in care recently examined by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor announces $1.6 million in recovered federal benefits for Tampa Bay families

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With the help of U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14), hundreds of veterans, seniors, troops, families and neighbors in the Tampa Bay area recovered more than $1.6 million in unpaid federal benefits in 2016. Nearly half—$773,132—was owed to our local veterans for benefits they have earned.