WHO IS BILL CASSIDY, M.D. THE NEW GOP SENATOR FROM LOUISIANA ?
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Was Congressman from District 6
Bill Cassidy M.D (R)
http://billcassidy.com/ http://www.ontheissues.org/house/Bill_Cassidy.htm **
http://cassidy.house.gov/issues
Rated -2 by AAI, indicating anti-Arab anti-Palestine voting record. (May 2012)
HOT BUTTON ISSUES
ENERGY AND EPA REGULATIONS http://cassidy.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/cassidy-questions-epa-administrator-mccarthy-on-unfair-epa-regulations
Dr. Cassidy released the following statement: March 2014 – “EPA routinely issues rules and regulations that are difficult to understand, hard to follow and expensive. My concern is that this level of regulation discourages businesses from investing, which destroys jobs or prevents new jobs from being created.” On the Energy and Commerce Committee, Bill is working to bring down prices at the pump and promote energy independence thereby improving our national security. In addition to responsibly utilizing Louisiana’s energy resources, he supports lifting the ban on offshore energy production, recovering oil shale in the Western United States, opening part of the Alaskan frontier to energy exploration, and increasing domestic refinery capacity to improve America’s long-term energy security. Energy independence is essential to America’s long term growth and security. Supports construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline without limiting amendments.
HEALTHCARE Bill came to Congress to lower health care costs, increase access to high-quality care, and put patients in charge of their health care dollars and decisions. President Obama’s new health care law does not achieve this. Instead, Bill is supporting legislation that will repeal the new law and replace it with reforms that will help ensure access to affordable, quality health care to all Americans without adding to our national debt. His platform on healthcare:
•Providing greater flexibility for the use of Health Savings Accounts;
•Reforming the medical liability tort system to reduce frivolous lawsuits that drive up costs by forcing doctors to practice defensive medicine;
•Creating pooling mechanisms, like Individual Membership Associations and Association Health Plans, that provide patients greater flexibility and bargaining power;
•Providing tax credits to cover the cost of health care for low-income families;
•Allowing patients to shop for insurance across state lines;
•Providing patients who wish to opt out of federal programs (like Medicaid) vouchers to purchase private coverage;
•Allowing employers to offer discounts to incentivize participation in wellness programs; and
•Ensuring coverage for those with pre-existing conditions by strengthening high risk/reinsurance pools.
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