{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/2025/12/in-case-you-missed-it-sen-rick-scott-in-fox-news-i-grew-up-in-public-housing-and-i-know-how-to-fix-obamacare", "IN CASE YOU MISSED IT\u2026 Sen. Rick Scott in Fox News: I Grew Up in Public Housing and I Know How to Fix Obamacare", "2025-12-01", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "Senate", "FL", "Rick Scott", "S001217", "www.rickscott.senate.gov", "rickscott", "https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/press-releases/", "page_html", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 In case you missed it, Senator Rick Scott wrote an op-ed for Fox News highlighting his new bill, the More Affordable Care Act, to fix Obamacare and drive down health care costs for American families. Senator Scott discusses how his bill makes simple fixes that will help families get the health care that fits their needs, drive down costs, instill transparency in the system, and ensure that support for Americans is sent to them directly \u2013 not to insurance companies \u2013 with HSA-style Trump Health Freedom Accounts to put health care decisions in the hands of Americans.\n\nIn the op-ed, Senator Rick Scott writes, \u201cIt\u2019s time for all of us to admit what the American people already know: Obamacare has failed.\n\n\u2026\n\n\u2018When I hear stories of families struggling to afford their premiums, putting off treatment because it\u2019s too expensive, or splitting their pills in half to make them last longer, I see my mother and my brother and the struggle my family went through. And I see a system that has continued to fail families like mine while ruining the market for everyone else.\n\n\u2026\n\n\u2018I know we can fix Obamacare. I have been working with President Donald Trump and my colleagues on a bill that makes simple fixes to Obamacare that will help families get healthcare that fits their needs, all while driving down costs. Under my plan, we don\u2019t replace Obamacare \u2014 it doesn\u2019t go anywhere. We keep healthcare.gov and state exchanges, we maintain protections for individuals with preexisting conditions, and nobody will lose healthcare.\n\n\u2026\n\n\u2018We simply add options and let Americans be consumers, making the choice that works best for them and their families. That means we stop funneling tax dollars to insurance companies, allow people to shop across state lines and make healthcare more transparent so families can make informed decisions.\n\n\u2026\n\n\u2018By letting the states opt in to a system that allows sales across state lines, we are opening up the health insurance market across the country, which encourages innovation and competition to drive down prices and create better choices for families.\n\nWhen we stop funneling tax dollars for subsidies to insurance companies and instead provide families safety-net support through a Trump Health Freedom Account \u2014 an HSA-style account \u2014 we put the power of decision-making into the hands of families to choose a plan that best fits their needs. Americans will always make a better choice for their families than the government will.\n\n\u2026\n\n\u2018And then we add transparency to healthcare\u2026 Families will have upfront pricing on what things will cost them \u2014 a healthcare menu \u2014 so they can make informed decisions and plan for their needs.\n\n\u2018We have the opportunity to make simple changes that make a world of difference to American families\u2026 We have to get rid of the old ways Obamacare was failing and transform it into a new, open program that gives Americans the ability to act like consumers, just like we do with every other thing we buy.\n\n\u2026\n\n\u2018Everyone knows Obamacare is a disaster. It\u2019s time to fix it.\u201d\n\nRead the full op-ed in Fox News HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-03-30T11:08:25Z"]], "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.rickscott.senate.gov/2025/12/in-case-you-missed-it-sen-rick-scott-in-fox-news-i-grew-up-in-public-housing-and-i-know-how-to-fix-obamacare"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8572209626436234, "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"}