[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 196 (Thursday, November 20, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H4834-H4835]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
ACA TAX CREDITS SET TO EXPIRE
(Mr. FROST asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, in just a few weeks, tax credits for the
Affordable Care Act are set to expire.
The President has had weeks and months to negotiate a deal that
addresses the healthcare crisis in this Nation. Instead, here in the
House of Representatives, the Speaker chose for us to be out of session
for 8 weeks, while people across this country and in my State of
Florida are getting letters in the mail saying that their healthcare
premiums will go up anywhere from 50 to 300 percent. Mr. Speaker,
189,000 of my own constituents have been getting these notices.
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One of my constituents, battling stage IV breast cancer, said that
without these credits, she can't afford insurance or the lifesaving
medicine that she needs.
For her and millions more, this isn't about partisan politics. It is
literally about life or death.
Donald Trump's latest idea is to give money directly to the people to
pick their health insurance, but that is exactly how these ACA
subsidies worked.
Since he can only make concepts of a plan for our healthcare system,
I have a plan. Let's fix it, let's invest in it, and let's make our
government actually work for the people, not just the ultrawealthy. I
believe healthcare in this country should be a human right.
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