Will continue working to make healthcare more affordable.

Tim Walberg · Michigan · Republican

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Tim is pushing for other policies to make health care more affordable, including ending lawsuit abuse, letting people purchase health insurance across state lines, expanding the flexibility of health savings accounts, reducing fraud, and giving individuals the same tax treatment as corporations when they purchase health insurance.

Commits to pursuing additional policies to reduce health care costs and make coverage more affordable.

Affordable and Quality Health Care | Tim Walberg for Congress
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Evidence

"I look forward to continuing to advance solutions to create good-paying jobs, reform our complicated tax code, and make health care more affordable."

Walberg publicly stated in office that he intended to keep working on making health care more affordable, matching the promise language closely.

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Walberg Sworn In for 115th Congress | Congressman Tim Walberg
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"I am committed to lowering out-of-pocket costs and strengthening transparency and accountability in drug pricing." The page also says he has introduced the Association Health Plans Act to "bring down health care costs" and notes that in December 2025 he voted for the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act, which passed the House.

Walberg's official issues page documents an ongoing effort to lower health costs through legislation and voting, including a House-passed health care premiums bill.

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Health Care | Congressman Tim Walberg
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"Mr. Walberg (for himself, Mr. Allen, Mr. Onder, Mr. Crenshaw, Mrs. Bice, Mr. Kiley of California, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Mackenzie, and Mr. Huizenga) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce."

Walberg introduced a health-care-related bill aimed at expanding association health plans, a concrete affordability-related legislative action.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.2528 - Association Health Plans Act | Congress.gov
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Vote Question: On Passage. Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act. Status: Passed. VOTES yea: 216 nay: 211.

The House passed a bill explicitly framed around lowering health care premiums, showing Walberg's party advanced a concrete affordability measure in the chamber.

partial same_term A for effort

Roll Call 349 | Bill Number: H.R. 6703 | Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
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Latest Action: Senate - 12/18/2025 Received in the Senate. The bill's official title is "To ensure access to affordable health insurance."

The measure reached the Senate but was not enacted into law as of the latest available official action, so the effort had concrete progress but not a completed delivery.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.6703 - Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act | Congress.gov
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The issue page, crawled on 2026-05-08, says Walberg is 'committed to lowering out-of-pocket costs' and that he has been 'actively working to address' health care costs. It also still lists his 2025 sponsorship of the Association Health Plans Act and his vote for the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act, with no newer enactment or completion shown in the page text.

Current official office page shows the promise is still being pursued, but not completed in the lookback window.

partial same_term A for effort

Health Care | Congressman Tim Walberg
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Congress.gov shows Walberg as sponsor of H.R. 2528 and lists the latest action as 'House - 12/15/2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 357.' The bill remains at the introduced/reported stage and is not shown as enacted law.

The main affordability-related bill Walberg introduced had legislative movement but no final delivery, and there is no newer completion in the last lookback window.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.2528 - Association Health Plans Act | Congress.gov
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Assessments

partial same_term A for effort

Walberg's promise was broadly phrased as continuing to work to make health care more affordable. The evidence shows sustained same-term activity: he sponsored the Association Health Plans Act, voted for the House-passed Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act, and continued to publicly frame his work around lowering out-of-pocket costs and premiums. However, the cited measures were not enacted and the evidence does not show a completed federal affordability outcome attributable to him. This supports partial credit for concrete legislative effort, not full delivery.

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partial same_term A for effort

Walberg made concrete same-term efforts related to health care affordability, including introducing the Association Health Plans Act and voting for the House-passed Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act. However, the cited legislation had not been enacted, and the evidence does not show a completed affordability outcome for constituents, so the promise is best rated as partially fulfilled rather than fully delivered.

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