Lamar Alexander

Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

Ben Ippolito: “If enacted, this legislation would lower insurance premiums and drug prices for consumers and would ensure patients are no longer exposed to surprise medical bills. By lowering costs, this bill would also improve access to health care.” — PolitiTweet.org

Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

At our hearing on this legislation last week, Ben Ippolito, an economics and health fellow at the @AEI, said: “Together, the provisions in this bill would meaningfully increase competition and transparency in health care markets.” — PolitiTweet.org

Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

Over the last two years, our committee has held 16 hearings on a wide range of topics related to reducing the cost of health care – specifically, how do we reduce what the American people pay out of their own pockets for health care. — PolitiTweet.org

Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

And last July, the HELP Committee heard from Dr. Brent James, from the @theNASEM, who testified that up to half of what the American people spend on health care may be unnecessary. — PolitiTweet.org

Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

A recent @Gallup poll found that the cost of health care was the biggest financial problem facing American families. — PolitiTweet.org

Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

Altogether, this legislation will help to lower the cost of health care, which has become a tax on family budgets and on businesses, on federal and state governments. — PolitiTweet.org

Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

Another bill from @ChuckGrassley and @SenatorLeahy, and many others, the CREATES Act, will help bring more lower cost generic drugs to patients by eliminating anti-competitive practices by brand drug makers. — PolitiTweet.org

Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

First, a bill from @senatemajldr McConnell and Senator @TimKaine, and others, that will raise the minimum age for purchasing any tobacco product from 18 to 21. — PolitiTweet.org

Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

The Managers Amendment we are voting on today includes two additional, significant provisions. — PolitiTweet.org

Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

This legislation also extends mandatory funding for community health centers, and four additional public health programs, to ensure the 27 million Americans who rely on these centers for primary care and other health care can continue to access care close to home. — PolitiTweet.org

Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

The #LowerHealthCareCosts Act accomplishes this in three major steps: -Ends surprise billing -Creates more transparency -Increases prescription drug competition — PolitiTweet.org

Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

Today we are voting on the #LowerHealthCareCosts Act– a package of 54 proposals from 65 senators – 29 Republican and 36 Democrat, including nearly every member of the HELP Committee – that will reduce what Americans pay out of their own pockets for health care. — PolitiTweet.org

Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

RT @GOPHELP: HAPPENING NOW https://t.co/qwuqL5ee0T — PolitiTweet.org

Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

TUNE IN at 10:30 AM ET, I’ll be chairing the Senate health committee’s hearing to examine the #LowerHealthCareCosts Act, bipartisan legislation I released alongside @PattyMurray. Watch here: https://t.co/VXJzDS9P6e https://t.co/iaZIQPr2wz — PolitiTweet.org

Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

In recent years, too many rural Tennesseans have seen their local hospital close and their doctors leave town. @POTUS and @CMSGov have a plan to reverse the unnerving trend of rural hospital closures. Read my op-ed in the @JSunNews: https://t.co/MIQrFXxgF0 — PolitiTweet.org

Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

RT @GOPHELP: TUNE IN at 10:30 AM ET for the Senate health committee’s Executive Session for members to vote on THE #LowerHealthCareCosts Ac… — PolitiTweet.org

Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

.@APAPsychiatric: “…thank you for including the Mental Health Parity Compliance Act in the #LowerHealthCareCosts Act. Ensuring access to quality evidence-based services to treat mental health and substance use disorders is and should remain a nonpartisan issue.” — PolitiTweet.org

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.@theamga: “Section 501 of Title V-Improving the Exchange of Health Information will continue Congress’s commitment to create pathways towards value-based care… we thank you and the committee for your bold leadership on this important issue.” @PattyMurray #LowerHealthCareCosts — PolitiTweet.org

Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

From @TheCIAB: “This bipartisan legislation, we believe, tackles some of the biggest obstacles to bringing costs down in the health care system, including surprise medical bills and lack of transparency throughout the industry.” #LowerHealthCareCosts — PolitiTweet.org

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From @FamiliesUSA: “The #LowerHealthCareCosts Act is an ambitious piece of legislation… We applaud the Committee for addressing the problem of surprise bills in such a manner that does not inflate prices.” @aafp — PolitiTweet.org

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From @ERISAIndCmte: “…the reforms included in LHCCA will improve the ability of our member companies to offer quality, affordable health benefits. As such, ERIC urges members to vote YES, and support passage of LHCCA.” #LowerHealthCareCosts — PolitiTweet.org

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From the @ManhattanInst: “We appreciate that both the House and the Senate are addressing the problem of surprise medical bills in a constructive and bipartisan way.” #LowerHealthCareCosts https://t.co/D9R1d6ThEl — PolitiTweet.org

Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

Another opportunity for a win tonight! ⚾⚾ Good luck to the @VandyBoys playing @umichbaseball for round 2. #CWS — PolitiTweet.org

Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

Tune in to @987news today at 6:00 PM ET. I’ll be speaking with @Hallerin to discuss my ideas to #LowerHealthCareCosts. Listen live here: https://t.co/FKX3YF2vlH — PolitiTweet.org

Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

It was good meeting with Tennesseans this morning alongside @MarshaBlackburn at #TNTuesday. If you find yourself in Washington, on a Tuesday that the Senate is in session, come on by! https://t.co/81tIPOq17t https://t.co/0WLnMfzFKw — PolitiTweet.org

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.@GovBillLee keeps fetching more jobs for Tennessee! @MarsPetcareUS just opened its North American headquarters in Franklin. Rufus and I may need to check the campus out soon—it includes a 9,000 square foot outdoor dog park. 🐶 https://t.co/BiueUPkPRJ — PolitiTweet.org

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More good news from @GovBillLee today—@PilotHQ just announced it will be moving their accounting operations from San Francisco to Nashville. The move brings another 450 jobs to Tennessee! https://t.co/yTqLKpUkue — PolitiTweet.org

Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

From @HRPolicy:“We applaud your decision to address surprise bills with a fair market-based benchmark rate based on the median negotiated in-network reimbursement rate paid by the health plan to the same or similar providers in the geographic market.” #LowerHealthCareCosts — PolitiTweet.org

Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

I’m grateful for what the Trump Administration is doing to help rural Tennesseans and rural hospitals, and I hope that @CMSGov will quickly finish this rule and give more Tennesseans better health care choices and outcomes at lower costs. — PolitiTweet.org

Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

These kinds of investments also are the result of the good economy created by @POTUS’ focus on fewer regulations and lower taxes. Congratulations to @GovBillLee on this exciting announcement for our state! — PolitiTweet.org