I'll work to increase competition and reduce the cost of health care
Increase competition and reduce the cost of health care.
Occurrences
I’ll work to increase competition and reduce the cost of health care while protecting patients with pre-existing conditions and seniors.
Evidence
Flood co-led introduction of the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Reauthorization Act, a bipartisan bill to extend the program for five more years and let certain hospitals rejoin.
Assessments
The available evidence shows Mike Flood materially pursued the promise by co-leading a bipartisan bill related to rural hospital policy, which could modestly support lower costs or stronger health care access. But the claim is broad, and the cited action was only an introduced bill within the term, with no enactment or demonstrated delivered outcome increasing competition or reducing health care costs. Under the stated rules, a serious legislative attempt without achieving the promised result counts as never, with effort credit.