He supports reforms that: Ensure coverage of pre-existing conditions; Reduce the costs of prescription drugs; Allow patients and doctors to make healthcare decisions – not insurance companies and the government; Expand health savings accounts; Allow individuals to purchase healthcare across state lines.
Will support reforms to protect pre-existing conditions, lower prescription drug costs, expand health savings accounts, let patients and doctors make decisions, and allow across-state-line insurance purchases.
Occurrences
Evidence
"I support: allowing citizens to purchase health insurance across state lines; helping small businesses pool together to negotiate better rates; expanding health savings accounts; and pushing tort reform."
"Scott Perry ... Pennsylvania (PA) – 10th, Republican ... Oath of Office: Jan. 03, 2025 ... Committee and Subcommittee Assignments"
"Recent changes in the AHCA will give states more flexibility to tailor health care policies ... while explicitly maintaining protections for those with pre-existing conditions."
"H.R. 19 ... will lower out-of-pocket spending on prescription medication and offer patients predictability and transparency at the pharmacy counter."
Assessments
Perry supported and publicly advocated Republican health-care reform efforts, including the American Health Care Act and later prescription-drug transparency proposals, which addressed parts of the promise such as state flexibility, pre-existing-condition language, health savings accounts, and drug costs. But the full promised package was not enacted: AHCA did not become law, across-state-line insurance purchasing and broad HSA expansion were not delivered as promised, and the later federal prescription-drug changes were not shown to be materially advanced by Perry in a way that would satisfy the overall claim. Because there was a serious legislative effort but no enacted delivery of the promised outcome, this is best scored as never with effort credit.