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Health Care

Our health care system is broken – but more Washington overreach and red tape is never the answer. Americans are suffering with the high costs of care and prescription drugs. We need to work toward a health care system that gives patients and families more choices with lower costs. It's time to get the government out of health care.

Rural hospitals and Rural Health Care Clinics (RHC's) provide lifesaving and essential care – they serve a crucial function in the wellbeing of our TX-25 communities.For far too long, many have operated on limited financial resources and slim margins to keep their doors open. I will always fight to ensure these vital health care providers have the resources needed to continue serving Texans. Some of my work includes:

  • Cosponsored H.R.1613, Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act of 2023, which ends spread pricing in Medicaid programs, leading to low reimbursement rates for pharmacies, and lower health care costs artificially raised by PBMs.
     
  • Co-led the Personalized Care Act of 2023 (H.R.4803), which offers millions of Americans improved and expanded access to Health Savings Accounts to make Americans' health care more personal and more accessible.
     
  • Cosponsored H.R.3887, Children’s Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2023, which provides funds to train pediatric medical residents at 59 hospitals nationwide with protections to prevent funds from going to hospitals that provide transgender treatments or procedures to minors.
     
  • Cosponsored the Rural Health Care Access Act of 2019 (H.R.2990) which removes burdensome federal regulations that prevent rural hospitals from receiving some of the benefits that urban hospitals are privileged.
     
  • Cosponsored the Protecting People from Surprise Medical Bills Act (H.R. 3502) which will protect patients from unfair and expensive medical bills.
     
  • Cosponsored the Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2019 (H.R.2207) which repeals the excise tax on the sale of medical devices.
     
  • Voted for the American Health Care Act of 2017 (H.R. 1628) which would have replaced Obamacare.
     
  • Cosponsored the Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2019 (H.R.3062) which repeals limitations to allow Medicare participation for newly constructed or expanded physician-owned hospitals.
     
  • Urged the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to allocated relief funding towards rural health care facilities which led to a $634 million CARES Act grant awarded to Texas facilities.