{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bacon.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2805", "Bacon, Suozzi, Hurd, Gottheimer Release Bipartisan Principles to Temporarily Extend and Reform Affordable Care Act Enhanced Premium Tax Credits", "2025-11-03", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "House", "NE", "Don Bacon", "B001298", "bacon.house.gov", "bacon", "https://bacon.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx", "scraper", "Washington \u2013 Today, Representatives Don Bacon (R-NE-02), Tom Suozzi (D-NY-03), Jeff Hurd (R-CO-03) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-05) released a statement of principles for lowering health care costs and temporarily extending and reforming the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits (APTCs). The principles focus on a temporary extension with reasonable income caps and reform.\n\nBacon, Suozzi, Hurd and Gottheimer released the following quote:\n\n\u201cCongress is gridlocked, and too many Americans have lost faith that we can work together. But here\u2019s the truth: Democrats and Republicans can sit down, listen to one another, and find common ground, especially when it comes to lowering health care costs.\n\n\u201cWe may not agree on every ideal outcome, but we\u2019ve identified a fair, reasonable path forward on the future of the Affordable Care Act\u2019s Enhanced Premium Tax Credits. Compromise isn\u2019t rocket science and it shouldn\u2019t be treated like a weakness.\n\n\u201cOur hope is that this shared statement of principles will inspire bipartisan collaboration across Washington and help get Congress back to work for the American people.\u201d\n\nBelow, find the statement of principles:\n\nPrinciples to Temporarily Extend and Reform Affordable Care Act Enhanced Premium Tax Credits\n\nTemporary: A two-year extension of APTCs\n\nIncome Cap: An income cap phased out between $200,000 and $400,000.\n\nReform: Guardrails to prevent improper payments of APTCs\n\nPrevent \u201cGhost Beneficiaries\u201d: Requirements that ACA marketplaces confirm recipient eligibility with the Death Master File\n\nCrack Down on Fraud: Establish a \u201cpreponderance of evidence\u201d standard of proof to determine when an agent or broker should be allowed to continue operating in the ACA marketplaces.\n\nEnhance Delivery Clarity: Requirements that marketplaces better notify recipients the value of APTCs they are receiving from the federal government\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://bacon.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2805"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7704501040279865, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}