Senator Defends Montanans from Rising Health Care Costs
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According to the non-partisan
"In my numerous face-to-face meetings with Montanans about health care, they have told me time and again that they want us to put aside political differences and lower health care costs," Tester wrote in a letter to Senate Leadership. "They deserve no less, and I look forward to working with
Tester's letter can be found HERE https://www.tester.senate.gov/files/Letters/2017-10-26%20Letter%20to%20McConnell%20and%20Schumer%20re%20Bipartisan%20CSRs%20Bill.pdf.
In the last year, Tester has held over a dozen in-person public health care town halls.
Tester has sponsored numerous bills that will lower costs and increase access to health care:
* Individual Health Insurance Marketplace Improvement Act
* A bill to create a new permanent reinsurance program to help cover the claims of the sickest enrollees in the Marketplace.
* Marketplace Certainty Act
* A bill to ensure the
* SPIKE ACT
* A bill to force drug companies to publicly report detailed information when they raise the price of their drugs.
* SAME ACT
* A bill to ensure
* Restoring Rural Residencies Act
* A bill to allow Medicare to reimburse residency programs for the time residents spend at Critical Access Hospitals.
* Addressing Affordability for More Americans Act
* A bill to provide premium tax credits to working Montanans, who make too much money to qualify for existing tax credits, but still can't afford health insurance.
Read this original document at: https://www.tester.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=5606
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