One In Seven ACA Enrollees Skip First Premium After Subsidies Expire With Millions More At Risk: Report

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One in seven Americans who signed up for Affordable Care Act (ACA) health plans this year did not pay their first monthly premium, as the lapse of enhanced federal subsidies drove insurance costs ...

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