Liccardo Votes to Keep Health Care Affordable by Extending ACA Tax Credits

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Sam Liccardo (CA-16) voted YES on a three-year extension of the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium tax credits, which expired on December 31, 2025.

 

“Congress must overcome its chronic dysfunction to address the skyrocketing premiums choking for millions of American families.  Whatever chaos that the Administration unleashes between Venezuela, Minneapolis, and Greenland cannot distract us from doing the job that the American people have charged us to do.” said Liccardo. 

 

According to Covered California, plan cancellations rates among middle-income consumers have doubled to 16%, up from 8% at this time last year. To cope with rising costs, many Californians have downgraded their coverage—nearly 73% of those switching from silver to bronze tiers, compared with just 27% last year.

 

Ahead of today’s vote, Liccardo worked with colleagues on both sides of the aisle to introduce the bipartisan Fix It Act, a two-year extension of the ACA tax credits that reduces the deficit by $90 billion—the only bipartisan extension that delivers savings for taxpayers.

 

“Today, I voted for common sense, and for tens of millions of families facing skyrocketing health insurance premiums,” Liccardo said. “If the Senate does not pass this three-year extension immediately, then leadership must consider alternative proposals like the bipartisan Fix It Act, which I co-authored with Republican Kevin Kiley—the only ACA tax credit extension that will not deepen our federal deficit.”