Increase access and affordability of healthcare by protecting medical freedom and expanding personal options. Provide more choice to reduce healthcare and prescription drug costs, and protect pre-existing condition coverage.
I will expand access to healthcare and protect pre-existing condition coverage.
Occurrences
Evidence
Mackenzie “has joined colleagues in signing discharge petitions” on the Bipartisan Health Insurance Affordability Act and the CommonGround for Affordable Health Care Act. The release says both bills include an extension of enhanced health insurance tax credits, reforms to prevent fraud, improve transparency, and rein in healthcare costs, and that Mackenzie was an original cosponsor.
Mackenzie “has signed a discharge petition on a three-year extension of enhanced premium tax credits,” saying he was working to keep bipartisan healthcare reform discussions alive and that the credits would provide price relief for Americans buying insurance on marketplaces like Pennsylvania’s Pennie.
Mackenzie said he was “proud to have helped secure hundreds of millions of dollars to support our state’s rural health infrastructure,” and the release says Pennsylvania will receive nearly $200 million in 2026 for rural health care initiatives funded by legislation passed by Congress.
Assessments
The evidence shows Mackenzie took concrete steps to expand healthcare access during his current House term: he signed discharge petitions, was an original cosponsor of bipartisan healthcare bills, and backed extending enhanced premium tax credits that would make marketplace coverage more affordable. There is also evidence he helped secure substantial rural health funding for Pennsylvania, which supports access to care. However, the record provided does not show that his proposed insurance-affordability measures were enacted, and it does not show a delivered outcome on protecting pre-existing-condition coverage specifically. Because there is meaningful action and some access-related funding, but not full delivery of the combined promise, the best judgment is partial fulfillment rather than delivered or never.