Restores the Affordable Care Act
Restore the Affordable Care Act.
Occurrences
Evidence
Schrier introduced the bipartisan Medicare Advantage Improvement Act to strengthen Medicare Advantage, curb prior authorization abuse, and restore accountability for coverage denials. The release frames this as a healthcare affordability/access step, not a restoration of the Affordable Care Act itself.
Schrier introduced the Capping Costs for Consumers Act to lower out-of-pocket costs in federal marketplace plans and said she voted earlier that month to extend critical ACA tax credits for three years, but the release says the Senate stalled the effort.
Assessments
Schrier showed meaningful same-term effort on health care affordability and ACA-related protections, including introducing legislation to reduce marketplace out-of-pocket costs and voting to extend ACA tax credits. However, the cited efforts did not pass into law as a restoration of the Affordable Care Act, and the Medicare Advantage bill is adjacent health policy rather than ACA restoration. Because the promised outcome was not delivered but there was a serious legislative attempt, this is best scored as never with an effort badge.