Make the Affordable Care Act premium tax credits permanent and restore the expired credits to lower health care premiums.

Suzan K. DelBene · Washington · Democratic

policy impact 0.78 specificity 0.82 extraction confidence 92%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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I am working to ensure the ACA tax credits are permanent. ... The fight isn’t over, and I’m still working everyday to restore this critical program.

DelBene commits to making ACA premium tax credits permanent and continuing work to restore the expired program.

Health Care - Delbene For Congress
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Evidence

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IRS current guidance says taxpayers generally must have household income at least 100% but not more than 400% of the federal poverty line to claim the PTC, and notes that Congress only temporarily eliminated the 400% FPL limit for tax years 2021 through 2025.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): A lookback-window current official IRS page indicates the enhanced ACA premium tax credit rules were not made permanent or restored for 2026; the expanded eligibility expired after 2025.

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Premium Tax Credit (PTC) overview
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Congress.gov identifies H.R.247 as a bill to make permanent the ARPA/IRA temporary premium tax credit expansions, lists Rep. Suzan K. DelBene as a 2025-01-09 cosponsor, and shows the latest action as referral to House Ways and Means with status Introduced.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): DelBene took concrete legislative action toward the promise by cosponsoring a permanent ACA premium tax credit bill, but the bill had not advanced beyond introduction, so the commitment remained undelivered as of the refresh date.

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H.R.247 - Health Care Affordability Act of 2025
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Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never. same_term A for effort

The promised outcome was not fulfilled: the enhanced ACA premium tax credits were not made permanent and, after expiring at the end of 2025, were not restored for 2026. IRS guidance for 2026 states the 400% FPL limit generally applies again, and H.R.247, which would make the ARPA/IRA premium tax credit expansions permanent, remained introduced/referred rather than enacted. DelBene did take a concrete same-term legislative step by cosponsoring H.R.247, so this merits an effort badge but not delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%