{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mackenzie.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-mackenzie-signs-discharge-petitions-bipartisan-healthcare-packages", "Congressman Mackenzie Signs Discharge Petitions on Bipartisan Healthcare Packages", "2025-12-11", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Ryan Mackenzie", "M001230", "mackenzie.house.gov", "mackenzie", "https://mackenzie.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington D.C. - Congressman Ryan Mackenzie (PA-7), representing the Lehigh Valley and the Poconos, has joined colleagues in signing discharge petitions on the Bipartisan Health Insurance Affordability Act and the CommonGround for Affordable Health Care Act. These are the two leading bipartisan healthcare reform bills in the U.S. House. Both bills include an extension of enhanced health insurance tax credits alongside commonsense reforms to prevent fraud, improve transparency, and rein in healthcare costs. Congressman Mackenzie is an original cosponsor on both bills.\n\nLast week, Congressman Mackenzie announced his support for CommonGround 2025, a bipartisan healthcare framework. A discharge petition allows a majority of House members to bring legislation directly to the floor for a vote outside of the standard process.\n\n\u201cThe people of the Lehigh Valley and the Poconos deserve to see commonsense, bipartisan reforms to our healthcare system, not large price spikes,\u201d said Congressman Mackenzie. \u201cAs I have made clear for months, Congress should work in a bipartisan way to extend relief for those who need it and implement reforms that will prevent fraud, improve transparency, and rein in costs. As the American people work to recover from the inflation of the Biden years, we cannot ignore the burden placed on millions of families by high healthcare costs.\u201d\n\nAuthored by Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), features of the Bipartisan Health Insurance Affordability Act include:\n\nA two-year extension of Enhanced Premium Tax Credits (EPTCs) for those making less than 700% of the federal poverty line ($109K for individuals and $225K for families)\n\nSenator Ron Wyden\u2019s (D-OR) Insurance Fraud Accountability Act, which reins in rogue healthcare brokers who abuse taxpayer-funded benefits\n\nAn extension of open enrollment to March 1st, 2026\n\nReforms to pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), including a ban on spread pricing in Medicaid, and a requirement that 100% of rebates reach their intended beneficiaries\n\nExpanded access to healthcare savings accounts (HSAs)\n\nAuthored by Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and Jen Kiggans (R-VA), features of the CommonGround for Affordable Health Care Act include:\n\nA one-year extension of EPTCs for those making less than 1000% of the federal poverty line with a phaseout beginning at 600%.\n\nSenator Ron Wyden\u2019s (D-OR) Insurance Fraud Accountability Act, which reins in rogue healthcare brokers who abuse taxpayer-funded benefits.\n\nAn extension of open enrollment until March 19th, 2026.\n\nReforms to pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), including a ban on spread pricing in Medicaid, and a requirement that 100% of rebates reach their intended beneficiaries\n\nSee the discharge petition for the Bipartisan Health Insurance Affordability Act HERE\n\nSee the discharge petition for the CommonGround for Affordable Health Care Act HERE\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "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://mackenzie.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-mackenzie-signs-discharge-petitions-bipartisan-healthcare-packages"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.7809429448097944, "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"}