{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-troy-carter-lowers-health-care-costs-louisiana", "Congressman Troy Carter Lowers Health Care Costs for Louisiana", "2022-10-12", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "LA", "Troy A. Carter", "C001125", "troycarter.house.gov", "troycarter", "https://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "NEW ORLEANS, L.A. \u2013 Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. shared new data on the impact of the historic Inflation Reduction Act, which he passed with his Democratic colleagues to lower health care costs.\n\nIn August, the Inflation Reduction Act passed with Congressman Carter\u2019s support. It slashes kitchen table costs for working families in Louisiana\u2019s Second Congressional District. The historic legislation forces pharmaceutical companies to negotiate lower prescription drug prices, caps insulin at $35 per month for Medicare patients, and cuts health insurance premiums for millions of Americans.\n\n\u201cI know that life-saving prescription drugs and health care costs are just too high, which is why I voted with my fellow Democratic colleagues to pass this transformational legislation,\u201d said Congressman Carter. \u201cWith the Inflation Reduction Act, we are continuing to put People Over Politics by lowering drug costs and expanding access to affordable health care coverage for all Louisianians. While extreme MAGA Republicans put their own political agenda over the working-class Americans, I\u2019ll continue fighting for these critical cost reductions that benefit the majority.\u201d\n\nAccording to Congress\u2019 Joint Economic Committee, because of Congressman Carter\u2019s support of the Inflation Reduction Act:\n\n14,000 people in Congressman Carter\u2019s Congressional district are accessing more affordable health care coverage, and the legislation brought down annual ACA premiums in Louisiana by an average of $1,020.\n\n118,000 seniors in Congressman Carter\u2019s Congressional district will soon pay less for their medications, including having out-of-pocket costs capped at $2,000 a year and paying no more than $35 per month for insulin.\n\nExtreme MAGA Republicans opposed this critical, cost-saving legislation, which received no Republican votes in either the House or the Senate.\n\nHouse Republicans have also threatened that they would repeal the Inflation Reduction Act, threatening health care for millions of Americans and raising seniors\u2019 drug prices while handling a multi-billion giveaway to Big Pharma. Meanwhile, Democrats are laser-focused on fighting inflation and lowering costs for America\u2019s working families.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"]], "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://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-troy-carter-lowers-health-care-costs-louisiana"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.705405069515109, "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"}