WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Mike Crapo issued the following news release:
U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-Louisiana), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, unveiled the Health Care Freedom for Patients Act, historic Republican legislation to lower health care costs and give money directly to families to control their own care. This bill is an alternative to Democrats' temporary COVID bonuses, which send billions of tax dollars to giant insurance companies without lowering insurance premiums.
"Giving billions of taxpayer dollars to insurers is not working to reduce health insurance premiums for patients," said Senator Crapo. "We need t...