Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 6575
CommonGround for Affordable Health Care Act
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Introduced 2025-12-10Topic: health care · taxesSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill would extend the larger federal premium tax credits for health plans bought on the Affordable Care Act Exchanges through 2026, setting new income-based premium percentages and allowing households earning up to 1000% of the poverty line to qualify. It would add civil and criminal penalties for agents and brokers who submit false enrollment information, create a consent verification process for broker-submitted enrollments, regulate marketing organizations, and require quarterly checks to remove deceased people from Exchange plans. It would extend the 2026 open enrollment period to March 19, 2026. It would also set new rules for pharmacy benefit managers in Medicare Part D, including limiting their pay to flat service fees, requiring annual reports, and allowing audits. Finally, it would set fast-track procedures in Congress for a future premium tax credit reform bill with cosponsors from both parties.
Sponsors
- Jennifer A. Kiggans Republican sponsor
- 38 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-10 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-12-10 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-12-10 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-12-10 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-12-10 | Introduced in House | introduce |