{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/2025/12/in-case-you-missed-it-sen-rick-scott-on-cnn-i-m-fighting-to-fix-obamacare-and-drive-the-cost-of-health-care-down-with-my-more-affordable-care-act", "IN CASE YOU MISSED IT\u2026 Sen. Rick Scott on CNN: I\u2019m Fighting to Fix Obamacare and Drive the Cost of Health Care Down with My More Affordable Care Act", "2025-12-17", "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 joined CNN\u2019s The Source with Kaitlan Collins last night to discuss his health care bill, The More Affordable Care Act, which empowers patients to take control of their health care and shop for plans that best fit their families\u2019 needs. Americans \u2013 and even Democrats \u2013 know Obamacare has failed, and Senator Scott\u2019s More Affordable Care Act offers a real solution to problems created under Obamacare by delivering commonsense reforms that lower costs, increase transparency, and expand families\u2019 access to personalized coverage for their specific needs. By directing federal support to families rather than insurance companies through HSA-style Trump Health Freedom Accounts that allow funds to be applied to premiums, the More Affordable Care Act will create real competition and consumer choice in the health care market for every American. Chairman August Pfluger is leading this legislation in the House of Representatives.\n\nSee more on Senator Scott\u2019s plan from his CNN interview HERE or below:\n\nSenator Scott outlines his More Affordable Care Act in Fox News HERE and with Chairman Pfluger in the Washington Examiner HERE. The More Affordable Care Act:\n\nEstablishes Trump Health Freedom Accounts, HSA-style accounts that ensure federal dollars to support families are delivered to them directly, not funneled to insurance companies;\n\nThese funds can be applied to premiums and will be Hyde-compliant by restricting use on abortion health plans or abortion services;\n\nOffers more options for plans that will create market-driven incentives to drive down costs;\n\nAllows Americans to shop across state lines with the creation of a state waiver program within the Affordable Care Act, further expanding competition within the health insurance market and the availability of health insurance plans within existing ACA exchanges.\n\nAny health insurance plan that is approved by a waiver state\u2019s insurance commissioner shall be sold on an easily accessible exchange, whether that\u2019s the federal exchange of healthcare.gov, a state\u2019s exchange, or a state-managed, commercially run exchange.\n\nEnhances President Trump\u2019s Executive Order to increase transparency in health care and provide patients with the price and quality of a good or service in advance. Families will have up-front pricing on what things will cost them \u2013 a health care menu \u2013 so they can make informed decisions and plan for their needs.\n\nMaintains protections for pre-existing conditions; and\n\nEnhances the Small Business Tax Credit to encourage employer-sponsored coverage and increase accessibility.\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-on-cnn-i-m-fighting-to-fix-obamacare-and-drive-the-cost-of-health-care-down-with-my-more-affordable-care-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7400440517812967, "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"}