S 46 · in committee · major
Health Care Affordability Act of 2025
- healthcare
What this bill does
- This bill makes permanent expanded health insurance premium tax credits that were temporarily increased by prior pandemic-relief legislation.
- People who buy health insurance through exchanges and claim premium tax credits are affected, particularly lower- and middle-income households.
- The bill eliminates income caps and locks in lower contribution percentages for tax credits, increasing federal subsidy costs permanently.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would making these temporary pandemic-era tax credits permanent affect the federal budget long-term compared to letting them expire?
- 02
Which income groups would benefit most from eliminating the income caps, and what trade-offs exist for other healthcare spending priorities?
- 03
What evidence supports that lower contribution percentages for tax credits would improve insurance enrollment and affordability without reducing plan quality?
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Sponsor · D-NH
Jeanne Shaheen
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
44/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-09
Joining the bill

Tammy Baldwin
D-WI · original

John W. Hickenlooper
D-CO · original

Richard Blumenthal
D-CT · original

Cory A. Booker
D-NJ · original

Michael F. Bennet
D-CO · 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

Kirsten E. Gillibrand
D-NY · original

Mazie K. Hirono
D-HI · original
+ 32 more
Legislative timeline
2025-01-09 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
2025-01-09 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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