Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Chris Pappas (D-NH)
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) helped announce a new bipartisan health care framework, CommonGround 2025, led by Representatives Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) and Jen Kiggans (VA-02). The bipartisan framework includes a two-year extension of health insurance premium savings for American families, including a year of the enhanced Premium Tax Credits (ePTCs), with targeted modifications, to be voted on by December 18, 2025, in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. The Members backing the framework have also co-signed a letter urging House and Senate leadership to meet with them to discuss the framework and a constructive pathway forward in both chambers.
The framework would also extend the open enrollment period for this year through March 19, 2026, as Pappas has led, with Goodlander joining, the call for the Department of Health and Human Services to do.
“I’m continuing to work with colleagues to address health care affordability, and the framework we developed will extend health insurance cost savings for Granite Staters through the next two years,” said Congressman Pappas. “As we near the end of the year, more and more families are confronting massive cost increases as they consider their coverage for next year, and we must work together to get a proposal to the House floor that will cut premiums and ensure families can make ends meet. I will continue working with anyone who is willing to come to the table in good faith to improve the lives of Granite Staters.”
“Lowering the sky-high cost of healthcare is a matter of life or death for people across New Hampshire,” said Congresswoman Goodlander. “Tens of thousands of Granite Staters are just days away from losing their healthcare. Congress must act, and the bipartisan plan we launched today with a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers is a mission-critical step to protecting your healthcare and lowering your costs.”
A fact sheet on the bipartisan plan is available HERE.
Background:
In November Pappas led the call for the Trump administration to extend the ACA open enrollment period and subsequently introduced the Right to Enroll Act, which would require the Department of Health and Human Services to extend the enrollment period through May 1, 2026. As negotiations to extend these critical cost savings continue, Pappas’s legislation would ensure families aren’t forced to make decisions about their health care coverage for next year without sufficient time to consider their changing options.
Goodlander has dedicated her life to ensuring a fair deal for the people of New Hampshire. Since the devastating H.R.1 was first introduced, she has worked to deliver a bipartisan solution to the health care crisis, including by leading commonsense, bipartisan legislation, the Fix It Act, to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits for tens of thousands of Granite Staters who rely on them. She has also urged Senate leadership to engage in bipartisan discussions across both chambers to resolve the crisis of health care affordability.