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Date: Dec. 8, 2025
Location: Washington, DC


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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Lower Health Care Costs Act''. SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ENHANCEMENT OF HEALTH CARE PREMIUM TAX CREDIT.

(a) Extension of Rules to Increase Premium Assistance Amounts.--Clause (iii) of section 36B(b)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--

(1) in the heading, by striking ``through 2025'' and inserting ``through 2028'', and

(2) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking ``before January 1, 2026'' and inserting ``before January 1, 2029''.

(b) Extension of Rule to Allow Credit to Taxpayers Whose Household Income Exceeds 400 Percent of Poverty Line.-- Subparagraph (E) of section 36B(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--

(1) in the heading, by striking ``through 2025'' and inserting ``through 2028'', and

(2) by striking ``before January 1, 2026'' and inserting ``before January 1, 2029''.

(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025.

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