President Trump highlighted two bills by Senator Bill Cassidy last night in the State of the Union, one focusing on parental leave and the other targeting surprise medical billing.
Cassidy’s family leave bill would allow parents to receive a larger child tax credit in their child’s first year after birth or adoption. He says it’s a favorite of the President’s daughter…
“Mainly on the family leave we have been speaking to Ivanka, and she is all for our legislation. It does not increase the deficit, and it does not have mandates,” says Cassidy.
The legislation would be paid for by drawing from parent’s future child tax credits.
Cassidy says he and Trump have heard endless horror stories from constituents that prompted his surprise medical billing proposal.
“My gosh, if you just listen to people then they will tell you about the emergency room that they went to that was an in-network hospital that their insurance should have covered. They end up getting a ten thousand dollar bill for a piece of equipment that was out of network,” says Cassidy.
The legislation would address the sky-high bills that come with receiving out of network procedures when the patient isn’t aware they are out of network.
The two bills will be up for consideration in a post impeachment Congress that just finished a bitter partisan battle. Cassidy says legislation like this can help get the two chambers on track.
“I think our country needs to move forward, people want to see it working, and if you start with legislation where you already have a quarter of the Senate working together on both sides of the aisle so to speak, that’s a good place to start,” says Cassidy.
