Support Grows for Only ACA Tax Credit Fix That Saves Taxpayers Money

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Four new bipartisan lawmakers have cosponsored Congressmen Kiley (R-CA) and Liccardo’s (D-CA) Fix It Act. Congressmen Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Adam Gray (D-CA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), and Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) now join the solution with the most bipartisan support for a two-year extension. 

The Fix It Act is currently the only proposal to extend ACA premium tax credits that would reduce the deficit—saving taxpayers a net $90 billion over the next decade, while constraining the skyrocketing health care premiums for tens of millions of Americans.

“The Fix It Act is about making sure people don’t lose their insurance while we work to reform a system that clearly isn’t working,” said Van Drew. “We need to extend coverage and take the time to build something better and more affordable. This bill helps us do that.”

“In the Central Valley and across the country, families are facing skyrocketing health care costs,” said Gray. “This is bipartisan, commonsense legislation to safeguard affordable care and ensure ACA subsidies don’t lapse. We must work together to prevent needless price hikes on hardworking families.”

“The cost of health care is skyrocketing and South Texans need immediate relief,” said Gonzalez. “I am pleased to join a bipartisan group of colleagues committed to finding commonsense solutions that will ensure families can afford the care they need and never have to take extreme actions like rationing medications, skipping a doctor’s visit, or forgoing health care altogether.”

Representatives Don Bacon (R-NE), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Zach Nunn (R-IA), Mike Lawler (R-NY), and Ro Khanna (D-CA) have also cosponsored the legislation.

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