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Did Kathy Castor help draft the Affordable Care Act?

Matches stated direction. She voted for the House health bill and the final law, and her wellness grants amendment shaped the House bill, but the law that passed came from the Senate's bill.

Kathy Castor

The Affordable Care Act

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What they say

Her office says she helped draft the Affordable Care Act that passed in 2010.

“She helped to draft the landmark Affordable Care Act that passed in 2010”

What the record shows ·

She voted Aye on the House health bill in November 2009, 220-215, and Aye on March 21, 2010, as the House passed the Senate's bill, 219-212, sending the Affordable Care Act to the President. The Energy and Commerce Committee's report on the House bill records her amendment for employer wellness program grants, which the committee recommended in September 2009; the House bill had a wellness grants section.

Limit: Her committee work was on the House bill, and the law that passed came from the Senate's bill. Its wellness grants are written differently from hers.

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  1. Health Carehttps://castor.house.gov/issues/issue/?IssueID=2559

    Office of Rep. Kathy Castor · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Her House office's issue page, read 2026-10-01. Undated. Says she helped draft the Affordable Care Act.

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  2. House roll call 887, 111th Congress, 1st session (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    On passage of H.R. 3962, the House health care bill, 2009-11-07. Passed 220-215. Castor voted Aye.

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  3. House roll call 165, 111th Congress, 2nd session (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    On concurring in the Senate amendments to H.R. 3590, the Affordable Care Act, 2010-03-21. Passed 219-212. Castor voted Aye.

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  4. H. Rept. 111-299, Part 1, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRPT-111hrpt299/html/CRPT-111hrpt299-pt1.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The Energy and Commerce Committee's report on H.R. 3200, the House health bill, printed 2009-10-14. On 2009-09-23 the committee voted 28-22 to send the Rules Committee a set of recommended amendments, including "An amendment by Rep. Castor of Florida--To provide grants for employer wellness programs." Its text is printed as [Castor 7_001:].

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  5. H.R. 3962 (111th Congress), as passed by the Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-111hr3962eh

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The House health bill passed 2009-11-07. Section 112 is Wellness Program Grants: grants to small employers for half the cost of a qualified wellness program, up to three years and $50,000. The final law, Public Law 111-148, has a different small-business wellness grant program in section 10408.

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