On the Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, Pappas Highlights Efforts to Combat Rising Health Care Costs

MANCHESTER, NH — On the 16th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) being signed into law, Congressman Chris Pappas is reaffirming his commitment to reinstating the ACA enhanced premium tax credits, protecting the ACA, and holding big pharmaceutical companies accountable for soaring prices and diminishing care.

“Right now, 22 million Americans — including nearly 50,000 Granite Staters — are paying higher premiums or have had to drop their health insurance altogether because Donald Trump and Senate Republicans refused to extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits. John Sununu and Scott Brown have spent their careers opposing the ACA, demonstrating neither would be willing to stand up to Trump and his reckless agenda that is reducing access to critical care,” said Congressman Chris Pappas. “Granite Staters are already being squeezed by rising costs on everything from gas to groceries to rent. Getting the care they need shouldn’t break the bank, and I’ll take on anyone including Big Pharma and corporate special interests to lower costs and deliver for New Hampshire families.”

Last month Pappas’s Senate campaign rolled out the second plank of its Tax Cuts and Lower Costs Blueprint for New Hampshire to tackle the Republicans’ affordability crisis and address increasing health care costs — highlighting the work Pappas is doing to restore the ACA enhanced premium tax credits and take on corporate special interests that are rigging the health care system against Granite Staters. 

Pappas also took on Big Pharma to cap insulin costs at $35 per month, voted to allow Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices, and introduced legislation to end Republican handouts that allow Big Pharma to keep prescription prices sky-high. 

Pappas is running for Senate to stand up to insurance companies and their army of lawyers and lobbyists that indiscriminately deny coverage while reaping record profits. He will work to hold insurance companies and big pharmaceutical companies accountable for soaring prices and diminishing care, and he will fight to restore the ACA premium credits Republicans ended.

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