While Congressman Scott Perry tries to blame the insurance industry for his own vote to skyrocket health care costs, new reporting reveals that the truth is Perry has happily done their bidding in Washington.
Perry reportedly “voted for legislation that benefitted insurance corporations and against bills aimed at expanding health coverage for Pennsylvanians.”
And while Perry prioritizes the insurance industry, his constituents are left feeling the pain. A York County resident said in an interview: “I never, ever thought that we’d be paying this much for health care, never.”
Read the report for yourself:
- The Shaws received a message from their insurer last year: Their plan would increase from $1,095 to $3,500 a month come 2026, about a 220% jump, after the funding for the ACA tax credits sunsetted at the end of December.
- “That was just, like, holy cow,” Carol Shaw said. “I never, ever, ever thought that we’d be paying this much for health care, never,” she said.
- Now, the Shaws said, they hope the lawmakers who did not extend the ACA tax credits will face consequences in the November midterms, including their representative, Scott Perry, a Republican who has served in Congress since 2013.
- “I’m hoping he loses, and loses by a large amount,” Carol Shaw said.
- Defending his vote in January against extending the ACA tax credits, the congressman argued that insurance companies were partially to blame for rising premium costs. “What we don’t need to be doing is to continue to enrich insurance companies, especially ones that have acted fraudulently, collecting taxpayer money and essentially giving it to people that don’t really need it,” Perry said during a Fox43 interview about the ACA tax credits.
- The Shaws, however, say they wouldn’t have faced a 220% increase in their premium if they still had their ACA tax credits.
- Perry is also receiving criticism for his voting record on health-related issues.
- He voted to completely repeal the Affordable Care Act, which halved the percentage of uninsured people in Pennsylvania between 2010 and 2025; voted against the Inflation Reduction Act, which capped drug prices and lowered drug costs; co-sponsored a bill that would repeal the Inflation Reduction Act; and in 2020 voted against the No Surprises Act, which aims to protect patients from receiving unexpected bills from out-of-network providers when accessing emergency care. It was enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021.
- He voted for legislation that benefitted insurance corporations and against bills aimed at expanding health coverage for Pennsylvanians and Americans at large, such as the 2022 PACT Act that expanded health care coverage for veterans exposed to burn pit toxins.
- Democratic critics say that funding came as Perry pushed for legislation that benefited the insurance industry.
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