"Americans have rejected health care proposals advanced in the House and Senate because they will not lower costs. It is my experience working in a public hospital that when costs are out of control, access to quality care suffers. This is also the experience of Britain's National Health Service and Health Canada. Unless costs are lowered, it is impossible to provide universal access to quality care without bankrupting the country. To lower costs, empower patients." Read more...

"On 'Washington Unplugged' Thursday, Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-La ., told Bob Shieffer that 'Republicans were more sensitive to interest of cost' concerning health care reform than Democrats, and that the American people want 'cost containment.'" Read more...

"Congress could pass these ten reforms by a wide margin tomorrow. They won't achieve the left's statist ambitions, but they would provide meaningful reform." Read more...

Louisiana Congressman Bill Cassidy made the following statement after signing a Discharge Petition to force a vote on H.Res. 847, a bill that would bring transparency to health care negotiations that are currently being held behind closed doors: Read more...