Work on a plan to cut health care costs and reduce the number of uninsured, including programs to help small businesses and make it easier for more parents to buy into the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

Kathy Castor · Florida · Democratic

policy impact 0.76 specificity 0.71 extraction confidence 91%

Occurrences

The new Democratic Congress has a real plan for cutting health care costs and reducing the number of uninsured. Our plan includes programs to help small businesses, and break down barriers to allow more parents to buy into the State Children's Health Insurance Program – known as Healthy Kids and Kidcare in Florida.

Castor says the new Democratic Congress will pursue a plan to lower health care costs, reduce the uninsured, help small businesses, and expand access to CHIP.

CASTOR WORKS TO MAKE HEALTH CARE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR ALL | U.S. Representative Kathy Castor
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If re-elected, she will ... lower the cost of housing and healthcare

Castor commits to lower healthcare costs if re-elected.

Kathy Castor for Congress | Finding Solutions and Standing Up for You
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Evidence

Castor said, 'The new Democratic Congress has a real plan for cutting health care costs and reducing the number of uninsured,' and added that the plan 'includes programs to help small businesses, and break down barriers to allow more parents to buy into the State Children's Health Insurance Program.'

Direct official statement matching the campaign promise language: lower costs, reduce uninsured, help small businesses, and make SCHIP easier for parents to use.

delivered same_term A for effort

CASTOR WORKS TO MAKE HEALTH CARE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR ALL | U.S. Representative Kathy Castor
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Castor said she was 'an early leader on affordable children’s health legislation' and that several provisions of the first bill she filed as a member of Congress were included in the SCHIP reauthorization bill; the bill 'includes several provisions' from her earlier bill, including ways to make it easier for parents by 'eliminating costly bureaucratic red tape.'

Official House release showing Castor advanced SCHIP expansion and enrollment simplification for children and parents, directly tracking the promise.

delivered same_term A for effort

Castor Moves SCHIP Reauthorization Bill | U.S. Representative Kathy Castor
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Castor stated she 'had a direct hand in drafting many provisions' of the historic health insurance reform legislation that passed the House and would benefit Floridians and their health.

Official statement that she helped draft the major federal health reform law that lowered costs and expanded coverage, indicating concrete follow-through on the promise.

delivered same_term A for effort

Castor's Statement on Historic Health Insurance Reform Passage | U.S. Representative Kathy Castor
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Assessments

delivered same_term A for effort

The promise was to work on a health care affordability and coverage plan, including small-business assistance and easier SCHIP access for parents. During Castor's first terms in Congress, she publicly advanced that agenda, filed children's health legislation, had provisions included in SCHIP reauthorization, and later stated she helped draft provisions of the major House health reform bill that became part of the 2010 federal health reform effort. Because the promised action was framed as working on and advancing a plan, and the evidence shows direct same-term legislative follow-through on SCHIP and broader health reform, this counts as delivered in the same federal office context.

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delivered same_term A for effort

Castor's promise was to work on a federal health-care affordability and coverage plan, including small-business help and easier SCHIP access for parents. During her House tenure she publicly advanced the same plan in 2007, materially advanced SCHIP reauthorization provisions tied to her own early legislation in 2009, and stated she helped draft provisions of the House-passed health reform legislation in 2010. These actions and enacted federal outcomes occurred while she remained in office, so candidate credit and timing support full delivery in the same term.

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delivered same_term A for effort

The promise was framed as working on a health care plan, not guaranteeing full enactment of every component. Evidence shows Castor publicly advanced the Democratic health care affordability plan in 2007, worked on SCHIP reauthorization provisions that eased enrollment barriers, and later stated she helped draft provisions of major federal health reform legislation passed by the House in 2010. These actions directly match the promised work on lowering costs, reducing the uninsured, helping small businesses, and expanding access through children's health coverage policy during the same congressional term period.

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