Lower health care costs.

We brought a bill to lower health care costs. You've heard a lot about that from Democrats, right? There was a bill on the House floor just a few weeks ago to lower health care costs by 11%, according to CBO.

Scalise highlighted House Republican legislation to reduce health care costs.

Scalise Calls Out Democrat Hypocrisy on Lowering Costs | Congressman Steve Scalise
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As our Congressman, Steve Scalise will work to give individuals and families more options to choose affordable healthcare and the ability to transfer that plan between jobs.

Pledges to expand affordable health care choices and portability between jobs.

Steve Scalise on Health Care
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Axios reported that Scalise said, "There are a number of things that are out there to give more tools to the departments," as House Republicans considered a health-fraud crackdown to produce savings.

Scalise was still pressing a cost-offset strategy tied to health-program fraud, which is a concrete effort but not proof that consumer health costs had actually fallen.

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House GOP eyes fraud crackdown to cover some war costs
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AP reported that the Justice Department filed a lawsuit over a Medicaid home-care "sham bidding" scheme that allegedly let a contractor "siphon" millions from federal funds.

This is a concrete federal anti-fraud action that can protect health-program dollars, but it is not direct evidence that Scalise himself has delivered lower health care costs.

partial same_term A for effort

US Justice Department accuses New York state of letting fraud flourish in Medicaid program
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Congress.gov lists H.R.5378 as passed by the House on 2023-12-11, 320-71. CRS summarizes that the bill required providers and insurers to disclose information about health care costs, extended price-publication requirements, imposed PBM reporting and audit provisions, prohibited Medicaid PBM spread pricing, and required certain Medicare payment parity for drug administration services.

The House passed a bill aimed at price transparency and some payment/PBM reforms, but it did not become law. This is concrete cost-related legislative effort, not proof of delivered lower health care costs.

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H.R.5378 - Lower Costs, More Transparency Act
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The House Clerk records Roll Call 724 on H.R.5378 as passed. The member table lists Scalise, Republican, Louisiana, voting Yea.

Scalise voted for the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act, confirming personal support for a concrete health-cost transparency bill that passed only the House.

partial unknown A for effort

Roll Call 724, H.R.5378, 118th Congress
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Congress.gov’s CRS summary says the enacted Inflation Reduction Act requires CMS to negotiate prices for certain Medicare prescription drugs beginning in 2026, requires rebates when certain Medicare drug prices rise faster than inflation, caps Medicare Part D out-of-pocket spending at $2,000 in 2025, limits Part D premium growth, eliminates cost-sharing for recommended adult vaccines, and caps Medicare insulin cost-sharing at $35 per month.

A federal law did deliver specific prescription-drug cost reductions, but this source alone does not credit Scalise; paired with the roll-call record, he opposed it.

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H.R.5376 - Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
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The House Clerk records Roll Call 420 on H.R.5376 as passed, 220-207. The member table lists Scalise, Republican, Louisiana, voting Nay.

Scalise voted against the enacted federal law that included Medicare drug negotiation, insulin caps, out-of-pocket caps, and other drug-cost provisions, weakening attribution for lower health care costs.

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Roll Call 420, H.R.5376, 117th Congress
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Congress.gov records H.R.1 as becoming Public Law No. 119-21 on 2025-07-04. CRS summarizes health provisions including Medicaid eligibility redeterminations, work/community-engagement requirements, Medicaid cost-sharing up to $35 for some expansion adults, HSA eligibility expansions, restrictions on premium tax credit eligibility, changes to Medicare drug negotiation treatment of orphan drugs, and $10 billion per fiscal year for FY2026-FY2030 for rural health care support.

The enacted law contains some health-system and rural-health provisions, but also cost-sharing, coverage restrictions, and limits on drug negotiation. It is mixed and not direct proof of lower consumer health care costs.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.1 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14
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The House Clerk records Roll Call 190 on H.R.1 as passed, 218-214. The member table lists Scalise, Republican, Louisiana, voting Aye.

Scalise voted for the 2025 reconciliation law containing health provisions. Because the health-cost effects are mixed and include coverage/cost-sharing restrictions, this supports effort more than delivery.

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Roll Call 190 | Bill Number: H. R. 1
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CBO estimated that H.R.1 provisions passed by the House would increase the number of people without health insurance by 10.9 million in 2034 relative to current-law baseline projections, including 7.8 million from Medicaid provisions, 1.3 million from marketplace provisions, and 2.3 million from health-insurance provisions, offset by interactions.

CBO’s official estimate indicates major H.R.1 health provisions would reduce coverage rather than demonstrate lower health care costs for consumers. This weighs against full fulfillment.

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Estimated Effects on the Number of Uninsured People in 2034 Resulting From Policies Incorporated Within CBO’s Baseline Projections and H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
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CBO wrote that H.R.1, as passed by the House, would increase the number of uninsured people by 10.9 million in 2034. It estimated Medicaid community-engagement requirements would reduce federal Medicaid coverage by about 5.2 million adults and increase the uninsured by 4.8 million; other provisions would increase uninsured counts through eligibility, marketplace, and premium tax credit restrictions.

The detailed CBO letter shows the major health provisions Scalise supported were projected to leave millions uninsured, not lower health care costs overall.

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CBO Letter on Estimated Effects on the Number of Uninsured People in 2034
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