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    Health Care Plan Championed By Trump Hurts Counties That Voted For Him

    Trump picked up big margins in small and rural counties. But those areas would take the biggest hit with tax credit changes, according to an NPR analysis of data from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
    by Jessica Taylor Mar 22, 2017 4 minutes
    Source: Tyler Fisher, Alyson Hurt and Katie Park

    The Affordable Care Act replacement plan championed by President Trump would hurt low-income people in rural areas that voted heavily for the Republican last fall, according to an NPR analysis of data on proposed subsidy changes from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

    The new changes in tax credits and subsidies for older Americans are a big reason many Republicans are hesitant to get behind the American Health Care Act, which is set for a vote in the House on Thursday.

    A major component of the Affordable Care Act, subsidies helped lower- and middle-income people offset the cost of the health care premiums.

    If the new GOP her opposition to the bill in its current form Sunday on NBC's , citing how it "disproportionately affects older rural Americans."

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