Pappas Urges Colleagues to Support ACA Tax Credit Extension
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) delivered the following remarks urging his House colleagues to support the extension of the ACA enhanced premium tax credits when the successfully discharged legislation comes to the floor this week. Click here to view Congressman Pappas's remarks.
“I rise today because the House has a critical opportunity to support families and small businesses who are struggling to afford health care for 2026.
“I'm thinking of the parents I've talked to who will drop coverage for their families because their premiums are doubling and tripling; the nonprofits who won't be able to cover employees anymore; the manufacturer that's now paying more for health insurance than most of their raw materials.
“The impacts of this health care debate are real and they're immediate, and this week Congress can solve the problem and actually make people's lives better.
“Everywhere I go across New Hampshire, I hear the same thing: money is tight and people are worried about their futures. The millions of families who rely on the Affordable Care Act tax credits for health insurance have waited long enough for Congress to do the right thing.
“So I urge all my colleagues to support this legislation to ensure that hard working Americans can maintain their coverage and have the health and financial security that they deserve.”
Background:
Pappas supports legislation that would have prevented extreme increases in health care premiums by extending the enhanced premium tax credits that keep health insurance affordable for Granite Staters and small businesses.
In November Pappas led the call for the Trump administration to extend the ACA open enrollment period and subsequently introduced the Right to Enroll Act, which would require the Department of Health and Human Services to extend the enrollment period through May 1, 2026. As negotiations to extend these critical cost savings continue, Pappas’s legislation would ensure families aren’t forced to make decisions about their health care coverage for next year without sufficient time to consider their changing options.
In December, he helped introduce the bipartisan CommonGround 2025 framework, which includes a two-year extension of health insurance premium savings for American families. The Members backing the framework also co-signed a letter urging House and Senate leadership to meet with them to discuss the framework and a constructive pathway forward in both chambers. Pappas also leads the Protecting Access to Affordable Coverage Act, legislation to assist Americans in alleviating paperwork burdens and making informed enrollment decisions by extending the 2026 Open Enrollment period, restoring auto-reenrollment and the Special Enrollment Period (SEP), and funding the Navigator Program.