There must be protections for people with pre-existing conditions, we must take care of our seniors and protect Medicare, and young adults should be allowed to stay on their parents’ plan up to the age of 26. In order to lower costs, we need more competition, including allowing individuals and families to buy health insurance across state lines. The government can and should renegotiate drug prices to lower the high cost of medications.
Protect people with pre-existing conditions, Medicare, and dependent coverage up to age 26, and support lower-cost health insurance options.
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Affordable Healthcare: "There must be protections for people with pre-existing conditions, we must take care of our seniors and protect Medicare, and young adults should be allowed to stay on their parents’ plan up to the age of 26. In order to lower costs, we need more competition, including allowing individuals and families to buy health insurance across state lines. The government can and should renegotiate drug prices to lower the high cost of medications."
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Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27]* is listed as an original cosponsor of H.R.6575, the CommonGround for Affordable Health Care Act; the bill title states it would amend the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify the enhanced premium tax credit and make adjustments to ACA exchanges.
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Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27]* is listed as a cosponsor of H.R.6031, the Medicare Advantage Integrity Act of 2025; the bill is a health measure in the 119th Congress and was referred to committee on introduction.
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Latest Action: House - 12/10/2025 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Rules... Tracker: This bill has the status Introduced.
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Congress.gov lists Roll Call 11 on 01/08/2026 as H.R.1834, On Passage, passed 230-196. The vote table lists Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL] as voting Yea.
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Congress.gov lists H.R.1834's latest action as Senate - 02/10/2026 Read the second time and placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar, Calendar No. 319; tracker status is Passed House. The engrossed text would extend enhanced premium tax credit rules through 2028, effective after December 31, 2025.
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Salazar materially supported the promised health-care affordability and Medicare-related agenda during the same federal term, including voting yea on H.R.1834, which passed the House but remained on the Senate calendar rather than becoming law, and cosponsoring H.R.6575 and H.R.6031, which remained introduced/referred. Existing ACA protections for pre-existing conditions and dependent coverage up to age 26 were not newly delivered by these actions, and the cited lower-cost coverage measures were not enacted, so this is concrete same-term effort and partial credit rather than full delivery. Sources checked include Congress.gov pages for H.R.1834, H.R.6575, and H.R.6031.
Salazar made concrete legislative efforts related to the promise, including cosponsoring an ACA affordability bill and a Medicare-related bill. However, the cited measures remained introduced or in committee and were not enacted, and the evidence does not show that the promised package of protections and lower-cost health insurance options was delivered. Under the rule for serious attempts that fail to deliver the promised outcome, this is classified as never with an effort badge.