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Why are 4.7 million Floridians insured through ACA marketplace plans, and what happens if they lose their subsidies?

  • Written by Robert Applebaum, Senior Research Scholar, Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University
image4.7 million Floridians use health insurance plans obtained from the ACA marketplace.Joe Raedle/Getty Images News

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