Concord, N.H. – Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander is cosponsoring H.R. 247, the Health Care Affordability Act of 2025, critical bicameral legislation to permanently lower health care costs for millions of Americans. Senator Jeanne Shaheen is leading this bill in the Senate.
The original Health Care Affordability Act was signed into law as a part of the American Rescue Plan and extended in the Inflation Reduction Act. This marked a historic expansion in health care coverage in the United States. In the past year, nearly 24 million Americans signed up for health care through the Affordable Care Act, including 3.2 million new individuals. In New Hampshire alone, 68,000 Granite Staters have enrolled in the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits. Families of four now save an average of $2,400 on their annual health care premiums, and four in five Americans can find health coverage for $10 or less per month.
The Health Care Affordability Act of 2025 will make these popular tax credits of the Health Care Affordability Act permanent, as they are set to expire at the end of this year, saving hardworking families money. Failure to pass this bill would mean 10,000 Granite Staters could be priced out of their health insurance.
“Let’s get one thing clear: Republican cuts to healthcare are not hypothetical. These cuts are causing real harm to real people,” said Congresswoman Goodlander. “The Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium tax credits are the difference between life and death for thousands of people across the country, including many right here in New Hampshire. Hardworking families should be able to rely on them long term. That’s why I’m proud to help lead the Health Care Affordability Act to do just that.”
Read the full text of this legislation here.
Congresswoman Goodlander has dedicated her life to ensuring a fair deal for all Granite Staters, including building a tax system that delivers tax breaks for working families – not handouts to billionaires and big corporations. In Congress, she has listened to people across New Hampshire – cancer patients, teachers, caregivers, federal workers, veterans, and many more – who have shared the devastating harm that cuts to Medicaid would cause.
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