Congress Must Act Now to Permanently Extend the Enhanced Premium Tax Credits

09.18.2025 /Statement

Congress Must Act Now to Permanently Extend the Enhanced Premium Tax Credits

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Anthony Wright, executive director of Families USA, issued the following statement today in response to the Congressional Budget Office's analysis of Congress' inaction on extending enhanced premium tax credits.

"The latest analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office once again makes clear that health care costs are rising and millions are at risk of being pushed and priced out of needed health coverage due to deliberate policy choices by this Congress and this Administration. Republican Congressional leadership extended tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy this year, but explicitly rejected multiple amendments to extend tax credits that would help working-class families cover the cost of health insurance. If these enhanced health care tax credits expire, millions of Americans will enter open enrollment on November 1, seeing their premiums and out-of-pocket costs skyrocket, with millions falling off coverage and being priced out of any plan. Working families across America cannot afford Congress' willful disregard. Americans need Congress to do as they promised and lower costs by making the enhanced premium tax credits permanent."