{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fedorchak.house.gov/media/press-releases/fedorchak-cosponsors-legislation-fix-obamacares-failures-health-freedom", "Fedorchak cosponsors legislation to fix Obamacare's failures with Health Freedom Accounts", "2025-12-10", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "ND", "Julie Fedorchak", "F000482", "fedorchak.house.gov", "fedorchak", "https://fedorchak.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "\u201cThe last 15 years are proof: the Democrats\u2019 so-called Affordable Care Act did not achieve its core goal of lowering costs. Instead, families face higher premiums and fewer choices,\u201d Fedorchak said. \u201cThe More Affordable Care Act reverses the failures of this broken model by redirecting existing ACA subsidies into Health Freedom Accounts. This will give patients the freedom to shop for coverage, manage their own health care dollars, and make informed decisions that will lower costs.\u201d\n\n\u201cAmerica\u2019s health care system is broken, defined by skyrocketing costs and declining patient outcomes. The Democrats\u2019 Obamacare disaster completely failed to deliver on its core promises, and Republicans must fix it,\u201d said Rep. Pfluger. \u201cThe More Affordable Care Act will lower costs, expand consumer choice, and increase transparency for patients. By establishing Health Freedom Accounts and a Health Freedom Waiver Program, we\u2019re putting health care decisions back where they belong: in the hands of American families, not Washington bureaucrats. This legislation will also provide small businesses with critical tax relief to provide employer-sponsored coverage and lock in price transparency for patients. The American people deserve better than throwing more money at a failed system, and this legislation delivers the commonsense solutions they expect.\"\n\n\u201cAmerican families see clearly that Obamacare has failed to deliver on its promises \u2013 instead, it created a broken system that screwed over the American people. It\u2019s time to fix it by allowing Americans to be the consumer so they can get care that truly fits their needs and makes health care more affordable. I\u2019m proud to partner with Chairman Pfluger on my More Affordable Care Act that makes commonsense changes that empowers American patients, not the government, to make their own decisions,\u201d said Senator Rick Scott. \u201cWe don\u2019t have to replace Obamacare, we keep exchanges, we keep protections for preexisting conditions \u2013 but we can add options for families, allowing them to shop across state lines, increasing transparency in health care, and giving any financial support to them directly through HSA-style Trump Health Freedom Accounts so families can choose the care that fits their needs. With more competition, clearer pricing, and allowing Americans, not government, to be the consumer, we can transform Obamacare into a system that gives Americans the freedom to get the care they need.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://fedorchak.house.gov/media/press-releases/fedorchak-cosponsors-legislation-fix-obamacares-failures-health-freedom"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4304090291261673, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}