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S. 3385 · Taxation
Lower Health Care Costs Act
Introduced Dec 8, 2025 · Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 48. Record Vote Number: 644. (CR S8654-8655)
Amendments adopted
Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] (R-ME)

Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] (R-AK)

What does this mean?

If you buy health insurance through your state's marketplace (the website where people without job-based coverage can shop for and buy health plans) and get financial help paying for it, this bill keeps that help at today's more generous levels for three more years, through 2028. Right now, temporary rules let people qualify for this help even if they earn more than 400% of the poverty line, and they also reduce how much of your income you're expected to spend on premiums before the assistance kicks in — without this bill, those temporary rules would expire after 2025, income limits would return, and many people would get smaller discounts or lose eligibility altogether. This bill simply locks in the current, more generous version of that financial help for another three years instead of letting it end.

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Bill Lifecycle
Real action history from Congress.gov — where this bill is in the process, and every recorded step along the way.
Introduced in Senate
Dec 8, 2025
Full action history (6)
Dec 8, 2025Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 284.
Dec 8, 2025Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (Legislative Day December 4, 2025). (text: CR S8530-8531)
Dec 8, 2025Introduced in Senate
Dec 9, 2025Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S8567)
Dec 9, 2025Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S8567)
Dec 11, 2025Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 48. Record Vote Number: 644. (CR S8654-8655)
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