Restoring a Health Care System that Puts Patients First

By Jason Smith, member of Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C. – For too many American families, workers, and seniors, health care is increasingly unaffordable, with double digit premium increases now going into effect on an annual basis. When many Americans think of health insurance, they think of higher costs, soaring deductibles, denied claims, and increased stress from something that is meant to improve their lives. But what enrages so many working families even more is that while they are struggling to find the money to pay for it all, health insurers are posting record profits and consolidating greater control over America’s health care system. That is exactly why I called the CEOs of five of the nation’s largest health insurance empires to testify in front of the Ways and Means Committee: to get answers about why costs keep climbing, figure out what can be done to fix our health care system, and to hold folks accountable for their decisions.

Last week, I joined Fox Business to discuss how President Trump and Republicans in Congress have delivered the largest tax refund season in history, Senate Democrats threatening a government shutdown while the nation is hit by a winter storm system, and radical leftist attacks on ICE and federal law enforcement.

Watch my Fox Business interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbhp10C7CeQ

Last week, I announced with Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman David Schweikert we would be investigating allegations of foreign nationals jumping the U.S. organ transplant line. America First means prioritizing American lives, not your company’s bottom line. The Ways and Means Committee will leave no stone unturned and is prepared to utilize every tool at our disposal, including subpoenas, in pursuit of the truth.

Read my full statement here: https://waysandmeans.house.gov/2026/01/28/smith-schweikert-investigate-allegations-of-foreign-nationals-jumping-u-s-organ-transplant-line/

The Federal Reserve board’s decision to not lower interest rates will prevent Missouri families and small businesses from getting much-needed relief. Leaving interest rates this high undercuts the efforts of President Trump and Republicans in Congress to provide relief to Americans after years of catastrophic economic policy under the Biden Administration. Read my full remarks here: https://waysandmeans.house.gov/2026/01/28/smith-on-the-fed-dragging-its-feet-on-interest-rates-the-fed-gets-it-wrong-again/

I was honored to join President Trump and other administration officials on Wednesday as we held a day-long event to underscore the newly-created Trump Accounts, which are savings accounts established at birth for every child born for the next four years. Included in the Working Families Tax Cuts, which I authored, Trump Accounts will give millions of American children, regardless of background, a share of the American economy and a personal stake in the future success of our country. Read more here: https://waysandmeans.house.gov/2026/01/30/chair-smith-trump-accounts-are-transformational-for-americas-children/

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