BGOV Bill Analysis: House Three-Year ACA Tax Credit Extension

Enhancements to Affordable Care Act premium tax credits enacted during the Covid-19 pandemic would be extended for three years under a proposal from House Democrats.

Four Republicans signed onto a discharge petition Dec. 17 to force a vote on the proposal. The petition would tee up consideration of a resolution (H. Res. 780) that would amend an unrelated bill (H.R. 1834) with the subsidy extension. That bill, if passed, would head to the Senate for further action.

The enhanced subsidies, set to lapse Dec. 31, played a central role in the record 43-day government shutdown ...