{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://golden.house.gov/media/press-releases/golden-leads-effort-to-extend-aca-marketplace-tax-credits", "Golden leads effort to extend ACA marketplace tax credits", "2025-09-05", "2025", "2025-09", "Democrat", "House", "ME", "Jared F. Golden", "G000592", "golden.house.gov", "golden", "https://golden.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) is leading a bipartisan effort to protect Maine families, seniors and small business owners from massive health care premium price spikes by extending tax credits that help individuals afford health insurance plans on the state\u2019s Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace, CoverME.gov.\n\n\u201cLetting the ACA Enhanced Premium Tax Credits expire would raise costs on Maine families. That\u2019s simply not an option,\u201d Golden said. \u201cMainers who buy private insurance on the ACA marketplace are staring down an average $180 monthly premium increase in January if Congress doesn\u2019t extend these credits, with rural Mainers aged 60-64 facing the steepest increase. Many are likely to lose coverage in the face of this price spike.\u201d\n\nGolden is an original cosponsor of the Bipartisan Premium Tax Credit Extension Act, introduced last night by Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02). Under current law, the enhanced Premium Tax Credit \u2014 established by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), expanded during COVID under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), and later extended through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) \u2014 is set to expire at the end of this year. The bill would extend the credit through 2026.\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve always said I\u2019ll work with anyone \u2014 Democrat or Republican \u2014 to serve my constituents. I\u2019m proud to join Congresswoman Kiggans and this bipartisan coalition to protect Mainers from increased health care costs,\u201d Golden said.\n\nBecause of this income-based premium tax credit, a record 24.2 million people signed up for coverage during open enrollment in 2025. In fact, middle-income enrollees increased from 140,000 in 2021 to 900,000 in 2024. Without this extension, millions of self-employed workers and small business owners will see their premiums increase by more than $11,000 a year.\n\nAccording to CoverME.gov, 85 percent of people purchasing plans through Maine\u2019s ACA marketplace receive financial savings through the ACA Premium Tax Credits, and \u201cnearly all CoverME.gov consumers will likely see higher monthly premiums if Congress does not take action to extend, or make permanent, the enhanced tax credits.\u201d\n\nOther original cosponsors include: Democratic Reps. Tom Suozzi (NY-03), Don Davis (NC-01) and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03), and Republican Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06), Rob Bresnahan (PA-08), Carlos Gimenez (FL-28), David Valadao (CA-22), Young Kim (CA-40), Jeff Hurd (CO-03), Thomas Kean (NJ-07), Mike Lawler (NY-17) and Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27). The group spans members of the Democratic Blue Dog Coalition, the Republican Main Street Caucus, and the Bipartisan Problem Solvers\u2019 Caucus \u2014 all of which are dedicated to pragmatic legislating and bipartisanship.\n\nFull bill text is available here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:10:29Z"]], "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://golden.house.gov/media/press-releases/golden-leads-effort-to-extend-aca-marketplace-tax-credits"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7378561422228813, "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"}