Protect Affordable Care Act protections for people with pre-existing conditions.

Thousands of Kansas rely on the Affordable Care Act’s protections for people with pre-existing conditions, and I will always fight to protect those guardrails.

Davids pledges to fight to protect Affordable Care Act guardrails for people with pre-existing conditions.

Health Care | Representative Sharice Davids
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HealthCare.gov states that all Marketplace plans must cover treatment for pre-existing medical conditions and that plans cannot reject applicants, charge more, or refuse essential health benefits because of a prior condition.

As of the researched period, the ACA pre-existing-condition protections the promise referred to remain in force for Marketplace plans.

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Marketplace health plans cover pre-existing conditions | HealthCare.gov
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Davids' official House health-care issue page says she is dedicated to strengthening the Affordable Care Act and says thousands of Kansans rely on ACA protections for pre-existing conditions, which she says she will fight to protect.

Her official office position after the 2022 campaign directly aligns with protecting ACA pre-existing-condition guardrails.

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Health Care | Representative Sharice Davids
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Congress.gov lists H.R.247 as the Health Care Affordability Act of 2025, introduced January 9, 2025, with Sharice Davids among cosponsors. CRS summarizes that the bill would make permanent the expanded ACA premium tax credit changes from ARPA and the Inflation Reduction Act.

Davids cosponsored a bill to strengthen ACA affordability, which helps maintain access to ACA plans for people relying on its protections, but the bill was only introduced and referred to committee.

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H.R.247 - Health Care Affordability Act of 2025 | Congress.gov
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Congress.gov reports H.R.1834 passed the House on January 8, 2026, 230-196, with amendment text extending enhanced ACA premium tax credit rules through 2028; the latest action shown was placement on the Senate calendar, not enactment.

The House advanced ACA tax-credit protection legislation during Davids' later federal service, but it had not become law in the cited record.

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H.R.1834 - Breaking the Gridlock Act | Congress.gov
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The Clerk's roll-call page for H.R.1834 shows the bill passed, 230 yea to 196 nay, and lists Davids (KS), Democratic, Kansas, as voting Yea.

Davids personally voted for the House-passed ACA tax-credit extension package, a concrete protective action though not final enactment.

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Roll Call 11 | Bill Number: H.R.1834 | Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
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Davids wrote congressional leaders that ACA enhanced premium tax credits were nearing expiration, that Congress must act immediately, and that she supported a permanent extension while being ready to work on any feasible extension.

Davids pressed leadership to preserve ACA affordability before tax credits expired, showing concrete advocacy but not final policy delivery by itself.

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September 16, 2025 letter regarding ACA tax credits extension
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