December 10, 2025
“This would extend enhanced premium credits for two years, but with reforms that will reduce fraud, lower premiums and protect the long-standing conscience rights for millions of Americans.”
View Husted’s remarks here.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) today brought the Accountability for Better Care (ABC) Act to the Senate floor for passage by unanimous consent—a process that expedites the passage of legislation in the United States Senate. Senate Democrats objected, blocking the bill from receiving a vote.
The ABC Act would extend enhanced ACA premium tax credits for two years and include reforms to reduce fraud, lower premiums and protect long-standing conscience rights for millions of Americans.
Husted’s remarks include:
“Health care is the biggest driver of our costs rising in this century.
“And it’s a fact of the matter that the Affordable Care Act is really the Unaffordable Care Act, and it’s made it less affordable.”
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“I’ve been in the Senate for less than a year, and I didn’t create this problem, but I am here working to be part of the solution.”
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“In just a moment, I will ask for unanimous consent to pass my bill S. 3391, the Accountability for Better Care Act.
“My proposal represents a good-faith offer on a short-term basis to extend the enhanced premium credits for two years.”
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“This would extend enhanced premium credits for two years, but with reforms that will reduce fraud, lower premiums and protect the long-standing conscience rights for millions of Americans.”
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“Over the past few weeks, I have been visiting and getting calls and talking with Ohioans who are very concerned about their rising premium payments.”
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“I was in a meeting recently with a pastor, who he and his wife are attempting to renew their policy under the ACA.
“He makes a little over $80,000 a year and is going to see his premiums rise by over $10,000 next year.”
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“These are just a few examples of the millions of Ohioans and Americans that are worried, and why we’ve got to take action.”
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“One action we can take today as part of this legislation is to address the fraudulent enrollees under the program.
“It’s existed for four years, and we know that it costs taxpayers $27 billion each year.”
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“In my bill, we will fund the cost sharing reduction so that we can end the practice of silver loading the games that insurance companies have been playing.
“This would lower premiums in the long run by 10 to 20% for lower-income individuals and save the taxpayers between $5 and $10 billion.”
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“I hear constantly from Ohioans that they’re worried about their out-of-pocket costs due to failures with Obamacare.
“We know it doesn’t work.”
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“I appeal to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle that have stated that their goal is to extend the Biden-era COVID bonuses.
“If that is true, they should support this bill because it does that.
“That’s what it does.
“But it also gives Congress a runway to fix and address the drivers of high costs of health care.”