Cassidy backs patient accounts in health overhaul | JQJO

On Face the Nation, Sen. Bill Cassidy said he is working with the White House on a plan to redirect roughly $26 billion in enhanced premium tax credits from insurers to patients, placing funds in personal accounts to lower premiums and help cover $6000 deductibles. He urged a bipartisan deal by the second week of December, arguing an extension is complex for states. Cassidy, a physician, criticized possible changes to infant hepatitis B guidance and rejected a Tylenol–autism link, citing a Swedish study of 2 million children, while framing affordability as his top goal.