Doctors You Didn't Know Were Republican

Bill Cassidy

William "Bill" Cassidy was born in Highland Park, Illinois, in 1957. He attended Louisiana State University where he earned a Bachelor's in Biochemistry in 1979 and a medical degree in 1983. Bill Cassidy became an associate professor of medicine in 1990 at Earl K. Long Hospital At LSU School Of Medicine. He then became a doctor at Earl K. Long Hospital at LSU in 1988. Bill Cassidy co-founded and became a physician at Baton Rouge Community Clinic, and became an administrator in 2005 at the Katrina K-Mart Hospital. Before 2001, Bill Cassidy primarily supported Democratic candidates until his positions became more aligned with the Republican Party.

Bill Cassidy was elected to the Senate as a Republican in 2006, representing the state of Louisiana. He ran for a seat in the U.S. House Of Representatives in 2008 for the 6th congressional district and successfully took office in 2009. Bill Cassidy was re-elected back into the U.S. Senate in 2014 and has held office ever since. He has vocalized his strong opposition to the Barack Obama administration and the Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act Of 2010. Bill Cassidy has a chair on the Subcommittee on Health Care and serves on the Veterans Affairs committees. Bill Cassidy aligns with President Donald Trump in many aspects. He voted to support the bill setting requirements for the care of infants born after failed abortions, and the bill for the permanent ban on the use of federal funds for abortion or health coverage that includes abortions.

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