Mike Rogers

Expands 529 plans to cover college, vocational training, and first-time home down payments

3. BRINGS DOWN PURCHASE PRICES BY ENDING EXCESSIVE DEMOCRAT REGULATIONS Breaks down barriers to homeownership by rolling back overregulation that drove housing costs up with no real benefitPartners with states to cut red tape, reduce government interference, and expand access to homeownership for young families

Partners with states to cut red tape, reduce government interference, and expand access to homeownership for young families

2. SAVE ON ’SCRIPTS The Problem: Prescription drug prices are out of control. Drugs should not be more expensive in Michigan than they are in Canada.The Solution: Expand access to Trump Rx, which takes advantage of the government’s ability to buy in bulk, force prices down, and pass those savings onto the consumer. We also need to speed up approval on lower cost generic options.

The Solution: Expand access to Trump Rx, which takes advantage of the government’s ability to buy in bulk, force prices down, and pass those savings onto the consumer. We also need to speed up approval on lower cost generic options.

The Problem: Prescription drug prices are out of control. Drugs should not be more expensive in Michigan than they are in Canada.

The Solution: Force insurance companies to publicly report denial rates, approval times, and appeal outcomes. Companies with excessive denials or delays should face penalties. If you repeatedly deny care that should have been approved, there should be consequences.

The Solution: If hospitals and insurance companies don’t publicly post real prices so patients know what they’re paying before they receive care - the executives should be held accountable. Fines should be imposed.

3. PAY PREMIUMS. GET COVERAGE. The Problem: Working families pay their premiums every month, only to face delays, denials, and endless paperwork when they need care.The Solution: Force insurance companies to publicly report denial rates, approval times, and appeal outcomes. Companies with excessive denials or delays should face penalties. If you repeatedly deny care that should have been approved, there should be consequences.

Allow 529 accounts to be used for first-time home down payments as well as education and vocational training.

• Permit families to open and contribute at any time.
• Preserve tax-free savings treatment for eligible uses.
• Help cover first-year property taxes.

Eliminate fees for transferring 529 funds and prevent eligible 529 savings from counting against private-mortgage-insurance eligibility.

• Reduce technical barriers to using education-style savings for a home purchase.

Allow families to build credit through timely rent payments so they can qualify for lower mortgage interest rates.

• Recognize consistent rental payment history in credit evaluation.

Allow student-loan deferral while a prospective homeowner saves for a down payment, with dollar-for-dollar contribution support.

• Coordinate education debt and homeownership savings.

Roll back federal housing regulations the candidate considers excessive and partner with states to reduce barriers to homeownership.

• Reduce government interference.
• Expand access for younger families.

Create residential housing zones in which new construction is fully tax-free to encourage homebuilding and reuse empty lots.

• Increase housing supply.
• Connect construction with business growth and skilled jobs.

Require hospitals and insurers to publish real prices before care and impose fines when executives or institutions fail to comply.

• Enable comparison shopping.
• Give patients prices before bills arrive.

Expand access to TrumpRx-style government bulk purchasing and accelerate approval of lower-cost generic drugs.

• Use purchasing power to reduce prices.
• Pass savings to consumers.

Require insurers to report denial rates, approval times, and appeal outcomes and penalize excessive denials or delays.

• Create public performance measures.
• Impose consequences for repeated improper denials.

Suspend both Michigan and federal gasoline taxes to provide near-term relief at the pump.

• Apply the suspension to both layers of gasoline taxation.

Calls for Michigan lawmakers to reinstate a state Read by Grade Three requirement; a U.S. senator cannot enact that state law directly.

Urges Michigan schools to use phonics for early reading instruction; the source names no federal action.

Direct Title I resources toward personalized reading-reclamation, remediation, and tutoring programs.

• Allow schools to tailor support to individual students.
• Fund evidence-oriented literacy intervention.

Advocates shop classes in every high school to connect learning with skilled-trade careers; the source names no federal program.

Work for a trade agreement with Canada that supports Michigan farmers, autoworkers, and manufacturers.

• Treat tariffs as targeted tools rather than a one-size-fits-all solution.
• Protect cross-border supply chains and jobs.

Make the current Working Families Tax Cuts permanent.

• Supports making the cited tax cuts permanent; the 2025 law created a limited additional senior deduction rather than eliminating federal tax on Social Security benefits.