I have and will continue to work to protect the promises we have made to our seniors and pass patient-centered reforms that increase competition and lower costs, without sacrificing protections for individuals with preexisting conditions.
Continue protecting seniors' promised benefits and pass patient-centered reforms that increase competition and lower health care costs without sacrificing preexisting-condition protections.
Occurrences
Evidence
The House passed H.R. 2493, the Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act, on April 21, 2026, with Michelle Fischbach listed as a member of the House and the vote recorded on the Clerk's official roll-call page. The vote shows concrete support for a patient-centered rural-care measure, but it does not by itself prove the broader promise of lowering health care costs while protecting preexisting-condition coverage was fully delivered.
In a March 3, 2026 press release, Fischbach said the Working Families Tax Cuts fulfilled the promise of 'No Tax on Social Security' by providing an additional deduction for seniors and said nearly 90 percent of seniors would pay zero federal tax on their benefits. This is direct official evidence of an effort to protect seniors' promised benefits, but it addresses tax treatment rather than the full health-care-costs and preexisting-conditions promise.
Assessments
Fischbach supported measures related to the promise during her current House term: a yes vote on House passage of H.R. 2493 to reauthorize rural health-care programs, and an official statement claiming senior tax relief through the Working Families Tax Cuts. These are relevant to protecting seniors and improving access/cost pressures, but the evidence does not show full enactment of the broad promised package: lower health care costs through competition while preserving preexisting-condition protections. H.R. 2493 appears to have passed the House, not necessarily become law, and it does not directly establish the broader competition/cost/preexisting-condition outcome. The senior-benefit evidence concerns tax treatment of Social Security benefits, not the full health-care pledge.