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Impact of Expiring Tax Credits

Floor Speech

Date: Dec. 17, 2025
Location: Washington, DC

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Ms. DelBENE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call out the impact of the Republican healthcare crisis in my community, particularly those hurt by the expiring tax credits.

One of those people is Gerry from Kirkland. Gerry has cancer and depends on his Affordable Care Act coverage to afford treatment. Right now, Gerry and his wife pay $2,800 a month in premiums. Without the ACA tax credits, the same plan next year will cost him nearly $4,500 a month. That is a 67 percent increase.

Gerry and his wife thought they could retire comfortably. Instead, they are facing $54,000 a year in insurance premiums alone because of the healthcare crisis that Republicans and Donald Trump created. There is no way they will be able to sustain themselves with that much of a price increase.

Mr. Speaker, I am going to keep fighting for Gerry and the millions of other Americans so that they can afford the coverage they need.

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