{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/chair-cassidy-slams-democrats-voting-to-raise-health-care-costs-block-money-to-american-families/", "Chair Cassidy Slams Democrats Voting to Raise Health Care Costs, Block Money to American Families", "2025-12-11", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "Senate", "LA", "Bill Cassidy", "C001075", "www.cassidy.senate.gov", "cassidy", "https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/?jsf=jet-engine:press-list", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, slammed Democrats for voting to raise health costs on millions of Americans and preventing families from receiving up to $5,000 to pay for care.\n\nCassidy\u2019s Republican legislation, introduced alongside Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-ID), lowers insurance premiums by 11 percent, lowers out-of-pocket costs, and gives thousands of dollars directly to families to control their own care. This bill is an alternative to Democrats\u2019 temporary COVID bonuses, which send billions of tax dollars to giant insurance companies without lowering insurance premiums.\n\n\u201cDemocrats want to force families to pay $6,000 out-of-pocket before their insurance kicks in. Republicans want to make health care affordable and put thousands in patients\u2019 pockets to help pay for their out-of-pocket expenses,\u201d said Dr. Cassidy. \u201cDemocrats need to stop playing politics with people\u2019s health care and come to the table to find real solutions.\u201d\n\nBefore the vote, Cassidy spoke on the U.S. Senate floor in support of the Republican legislation.\n\nCassidy has continuously called for Congress to work together on solutions to lower the cost of health insurance for families. Over the past few months, Cassidy has urged Congress to address rising health care costs in a Senate Finance Committee hearing, a HELP Committee hearing, and on the U.S. Senate Floor.\n\n###", 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.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/chair-cassidy-slams-democrats-voting-to-raise-health-care-costs-block-money-to-american-families/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1983290314674377, "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"}