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U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, speaks Thursday with Butch Frazier, CEO of Teche Regional Medical Center and chairman of the St. Mary Chamber Commerce. Cassidy visited Morgan City and discussed his health care reform bill. (The Daily Review photos/Zachary Fitzgerald)

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Cassidy holds a 35-pound diving helmet while talking with commercial diving instructors Jerry Shepherd, left, and Phillip Morton at South Central Louisiana Technical College’s Young Memorial Campus in Morgan City.

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Cassidy operates a truck driving simulator Thursday at Young Memorial.

U.S. Senator visits Morgan City

Health care reform in the United States should be focused on making sure patients receive the insurance coverage they need while also lowering the high cost of premiums, U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy said Thursday in Morgan City. The St. Mary Chamber of Commerce hosted a meeting with Cassidy at South Central Louisiana Technical College’s Young Memorial Campus. Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, said he cares deeply about health care reform and sponsored the Patient Freedom Act of 2017, which he introduced to the Senate in January. The bill has become known as the “Cassidy-Collins Plan.” U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is among ...

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