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The following story has moved as this week’s Monday Spotlight, a feature showcasing the best off-the-news enterprise in the AP report:
HEALTH OVERHAUL-OLDER AND PRICED OUT — The Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act will hit hardest on one of the groups that voted most heavily for President Donald Trump last year — older Americans who have not yet reached Medicare age. An analysis of data from the insurance marketplaces shows a majority of them are in states that went for Trump, who pledged to repeal the Obama-era health care law but also promised “insurance for everybody.” Many of these adults now fear being priced out of the insurance market under the GOP plan. Here are stories from four of them — two Republicans and two Democrats. By Kelli Kennedy and Michael Rubinkam. SENT: 1,200 words, photos.
With: 2016 county-level data on age of consumers who purchased on the federal exchange; and 2017 marketplace data for all 50 states.
The AP