{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2025/12/health care/blackburn-releases-fact-sheet-on-how-republicans-health-plan-would-make-health-care-more-affordable", "Blackburn Releases Fact Sheet on How Republicans\u2019 Health Plan Would Make Health Care More Affordable", "2025-12-12", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "Senate", "TN", "Marsha Blackburn", "B001243", "www.blackburn.senate.gov", "blackburn", "https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/news/cc8c80c1-d564-4bbb-93a4-f1d772346ae0", "scraper", "NASHVILLE, Tenn. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released a fact sheet contrasting Republicans\u2019 plan to lower health care costs with Democrats\u2019 proposal to line the pockets of big insurance companies and fund pandemic-era health care subsidies riddled with waste, fraud, and abuse. A recent Government Accountability Office report found that the pandemic-era health care subsidies backed by Democrats are a \u2018mecca for fraud,\u2019 including approved applications with false or missing records and nearly 100,000 duplicate Social Security numbers enrolled in the program. Click here to watch Senator Blackburn\u2019s remarks about this report on the Senate floor.\n\n\u201cRepublicans want to put money back in taxpayers\u2019 pockets and empower patients while Democrats are pushing to line the pockets of insurance companies and force taxpayers to foot the bill for fraud,\u201d said Senator Blackburn. \u201cInstead of expanding health savings accounts, Democrats want American taxpayers to spend $83 billion to extend pandemic-era subsidies that are riddled with waste, fraud, and abuse, including more than 6.4 million improper enrollees and 100,000 duplicate Social Security numbers.\u201d\n\nClick hereto download this fact sheet.\n\nRELATED\n\nVIDEO: Blackburn Slams Democrats for Pushing to Extend Pandemic-Era Health Care Subsidies Riddled with Fraud\n\nBlackburn Introduces Legislation to Empower Families to Choose Health Care Coverage That Fits Their Needs", 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://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2025/12/health care/blackburn-releases-fact-sheet-on-how-republicans-health-plan-would-make-health-care-more-affordable"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5373830683529377, "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"}