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How undoing 'Obamacare' would harm more than the health of Americans

  • Written by Simon F. Haeder, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Pennsylvania State University
Open enrollment for health care in the ACA marketplaces ended at 3 a.m., Dec. 18, 2019, the same day a panel ruled that the individual mandate is unconstitutional. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services/AP Photo

The Affordable Care Act remains on life support after a panel of federal judges ruled on Dec. 18, 2019 that the law’s individual...

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