Families USA Applauds House Passage of Three-Year Extension of ACA Tax Credits After Forced Vote

01.08.2026 /Statement

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Anthony Wright, executive director of Families USA, issued the following statement after the House of Representatives voted 230-196 to pass a three-year extension of the enhanced premium tax credits under the Affordable Care Act, after a successful discharge petition late last year required the House to bring a vote to the floor:

"We now have a majority of both the House and the Senate in support of stopping the spikes in health premiums that happened on January 1. This discharge petition and vote put pressure on the President and the Republican Congressional leadership to stop with the poison pills and procedural barriers and extend the enhanced tax credits so Americans can afford coverage. Millions of Americans began the new year facing staggering increases in their monthly health insurance premiums - in many cases seeing health costs double overnight. This sudden spike, of more than one thousand dollars on average, is not just a shock - it's a breaking point. Without action, an estimated four million marketplace enrollees are expected to go uninsured, and many millions more will become underinsured, paying more and getting less.

"Today's vote represents a glimmer of hope for the 22 million Americans desperately trying to hold onto affordable health coverage for themselves and their families. Congress should not have needed a discharge petition to force a vote on something so overwhelmingly supported by the public and so essential to the health and financial security of American families. Every day we delay does further damage, so it's urgent for the Senate to stand with the 77% of voters who want to see a clean extension passed.

"With open enrollment ending in most states in just six days, families are being forced to make impossible choices in real time. Doing nothing is a choice to price out and push millions to lose coverage, rack up debt and go without care. The Senate must now do its job and deliver the relief American families urgently need."