S 2556 · in committee · major
Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act
- healthcare
What this bill does
- This bill makes premium tax credits for health insurance permanent and expands eligibility by removing income limits.
- Millions of taxpayers buying insurance through exchanges and low-to-middle income individuals are affected.
- The bill lowers the percentage of income required to qualify and costs federal revenue through expanded tax credits.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would removing income limits on premium tax credits affect federal tax revenue, and what spending trade-offs might Congress need to make?
- 02
Which groups of currently ineligible people would benefit most from expanded health insurance credits under this proposal?
- 03
What evidence suggests that making these credits permanent rather than temporary would improve insurance enrollment or affordability?
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Sponsor · D-NY
Charles E. Schumer
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
46/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-07-30
Joining the bill

Tammy Baldwin
D-WI · original

Michael F. Bennet
D-CO · original

Richard Blumenthal
D-CT · original

Cory A. Booker
D-NJ · original

Lisa Blunt Rochester
D-DE · original

Maria Cantwell
D-WA · original

Christopher A. Coons
D-DE · original

Catherine Cortez Masto
D-NV · original

Richard J. Durbin
D-IL · original

Tammy Duckworth
D-IL · original

John Fetterman
D-PA · original

Angela D. Alsobrooks
D-MD · original
+ 34 more
Legislative timeline
2025-07-30 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S4908)
2025-07-30 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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