{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases/pappas-announces-support-for-suite-of-legislation-to-prevent-increase-in-health-care-costs", "Pappas Announces Support for Suite of Legislation to Prevent Increase in Health Care Costs", "2025-09-22", "2025", "2025-09", "Democrat", "House", "NH", "Chris Pappas", "P000614", "pappas.house.gov", "pappas", "https://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced his support for a suite of bills that would prevent massive increases in health care premiums for Granite Staters next year that could price families out of being able to secure health coverage altogether.\n\nIf Congress fails to act, it\u2019s estimated that premiums could increase by up to 75% next year, nearly $700 per person. This would also have a major impact on small businesses, whose workers represent half of adults covered by the ACA.\n\n\u201cEverywhere I go, I hear from families and small businesses about how they are struggling to make ends meet in the face of rising costs and President Trump\u2019s destructive tariffs,\u201d said Congressman Pappas. \u201cSpeaker Johnson\u2019s decision to push forward a partisan CR that fails to take action to keep health care costs affordable shows yet again just how out of touch their agenda is with the people of New Hampshire. I urge the speaker to bring legislation to the floor immediately that will ensure hard-working Granite Staters can maintain their health coverage without blowing a hole in their family budgets.\u201d\n\nCongressman Pappas is cosponsoring the following legislation to keep premiums affordable:\n\nThe Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act of 2025 would completely repeal the devastating health care cuts made by the Republicans\u2019 budget bill and make permanent the enhanced premium tax credits for ACA Marketplace plans. Senator Shaheen helped introduce companion legislation in the Senate. Senator Hassan is also a cosponsor of this legislation.\n\nThe Health Care Affordability Act of 2025 would make permanent the enhanced premium tax credits for ACA Marketplace plans. Senator Shaheen leads companion legislation in the Senate. Senator Hassan is a cosponsor of this legislation in the Senate, and Congresswoman Goodlander is a cosponsor of this legislation in the House.", 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://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases/pappas-announces-support-for-suite-of-legislation-to-prevent-increase-in-health-care-costs"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8748969994485378, "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"}