EDITORIAL: Many voters want ACA expanded
About 80,000 additional
At the same time, record levels of sign-ups for ACA insurance plans are being reported. A recent report by TheHill.com found the number of people signing up for plans more than doubled on
But keeping up enrollment numbers will be a challenge. After the Republican-controlled
Now some
Repealing the mandate would lead to 15 million fewer people getting insurance over a decade and cause premiums to increase 20 percent, according to the
Here in
Even more Floridians would be covered if the state had expanded Medicaid. Hundreds of thousands of the state's residents fall in a coverage gap in which they aren't poor enough to qualify for Medicaid but don't earn enough to qualify for subsidies for plans bought through the ACA exchange.
A poll earlier this year found more than two-thirds of
With
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