Support allowing small businesses to group together to buy health coverage, enable interstate insurance competition, and make policies portable.

Sam Graves · Missouri · Republican

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we should let small businesses group together to buy coverage at rates similar to what large corporations pay. Those policies should operate across state lines so insurance companies are forced to lower rates to compete for business. And policies should be portable, following an individual from job-to-job

Commits to specific health care market reforms to lower costs and improve coverage options.

Issues | Graves for Congress
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Evidence

H.R. 2528, the Association Health Plans Act, was reported in the House on December 15, 2025. The bill title and full title indicate it is intended to amend ERISA to clarify the treatment of certain association health plans as employers.

Official House bill action shows Congress is still advancing association health plan legislation, which overlaps with the small-business pooling part of the promise, but it does not establish that Sam Graves delivered the full pledge or that interstate competition and portability were achieved.

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H.R. 2528 (RH) - Association Health Plans Act - GovInfo
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The evidence shows continued legislative activity on association health plans, which addresses only the small-business pooling portion of the pledge. It does not show enactment of the promised package: small-business group purchasing, interstate insurance competition, and portability. Because the cited action is a reported House bill rather than enacted law, and no evidence shows Graves secured the full federal outcome, the promise should not be marked delivered. The association-health-plan bill activity supports recognizing serious legislative effort, but not fulfillment.

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