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Low, Middle Income Workers Most Vulnerable To Loss Of Obamacare Subsidies

Published May 11, 2015 at 6:00 PM PDT
More than 80 percent of the people getting federal subsidies to defray the cost of their monthly health insurance premiums have jobs, statistics suggest. And many are middle class.
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More than 80 percent of the people getting federal subsidies to defray the cost of their monthly health insurance premiums have jobs, statistics suggest. And many are middle class.

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