{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.shaheen.senate.gov/news/press/icymi-republican-insurance-commissioner-and-national-leader-of-state-insurance-commissioners-urges-congress-to-move-immediately-to-extend-aca-tax-credits-before-november-1-open-enrollment-deadline", "ICYMI: Republican Insurance Commissioner and National Leader of State Insurance Commissioners Urges Congress to Move Immediately to Extend ACA Tax Credits Before November 1 Open Enrollment Deadline", "2025-10-14", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "Senate", "NH", "Jeanne Shaheen", "S001181", "www.shaheen.senate.gov", "shaheen", "https://www.shaheen.senate.gov/news/press", "scraper", "**With open enrollment beginning on November 1 and millions of Americans facing skyrocketing health care costs, North Dakota\u2019s Republican Insurance Commissioner called on lawmakers to \u201cdo this now.\u201d**\n\n(Washington, DC) \u2013 In case you missed it: On Saturday North Dakota\u2019s Republican Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread called on lawmakers in Congress to act quickly to extend the soon-expiring Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits before open enrollment begins on November 1. Commissioner Godfread, a statewide elected Republican and President of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, told NPR that there are consequences of waiting to act until December.\n\nKey points from Commissioner Jon Godfread:\n\nOn the urgency to act before open enrollment: Lawmakers need to \u201cdo this now.\u201d\n\nOn the consequences of missing the November 1 deadline: \u201cIf Congress misses that deadline, consumers who log in to shop for a plan will see much higher premiums and they may not come back, even if Congress ultimately extends the credits by the end of December.\u201d\n\nOn the National Association of Insurance Commissioners\u2019 support for extending the tax credits: \u201cRed state, blue state, appointed, elected \u2014 we have unanimous approval supporting these tax credits.\u201d\n\nOn the possibility of Congressional action in the coming weeks: \u201cMost states, if not all states, had their [insurance] carriers file two sets of rates \u2014 one with subsidies, one without. [...] And so if they do a clean extension of these subsidies, I think most states will be ready to go on that.\u201d\n\n\u201cAll across this country, Americans are receiving notices that their monthly premiums are about to skyrocket next year when the enhanced premium tax credits expire. Commissioner Godfread is right to sound the alarm, because we only have a matter of days to act before health care costs are permanently raised on November 1,\u201d said Senator Shaheen, author of bicameral legislation that would permanently extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits. \u201cTime is of the essence. With too many families already struggling to make ends meet, we should be doing everything we can to avoid an outcome where millions of Americans can no longer afford their health insurance. This isn\u2019t about partisan rhetoric or political gamesmanship \u2013 this is about the health and wellbeing of the American people. It\u2019s high time President Trump and Republican leadership start heeding their calls.\u201d\n\nShaheen leads efforts in Congress to make health care more affordable through the preservation and extension of enhanced premium tax credits. Shaheen\u2019s first bill introduction this Congress was her landmark Health Care Affordability Act\u2014bicameral legislation to permanently extend the tax credits for Marketplace coverage that have lowered health care costs for millions of Americans.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "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://www.shaheen.senate.gov/news/press/icymi-republican-insurance-commissioner-and-national-leader-of-state-insurance-commissioners-urges-congress-to-move-immediately-to-extend-aca-tax-credits-before-november-1-open-enrollment-deadline"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8316058665513992, "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"}