35 lawmakers unveil bipartisan health care proposal

(The Center Square) – With only 27 days until the enhanced Obamacare Premium Tax Credits expire, a group of U.S. House members is urging congressional leadership to accept a bipartisan healthcare framework that includes a short-term extension. Dubbed CommonGround 2025, the framework lays out a two-year process where the enhanced PTC would be extended, but with targeted reforms. Spearheaded by U.S. Reps. Jen Kiggans, R-Va., and U.S. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., it is backed by 15 Republicans and 20 Democrats, who unveiled it in a Thursday news conference. “We have a responsibility before the end of the year to pass a bill that will address the issue of health care costs in this country,” Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., said. “We can all sit here and go through the perils of our healthcare system – it is a disaster, from start to finish. The question is, how do we deal with this in the immediate, and the long-term?” Established under the Affordable Care Act and temporarily expanded during the COVI