If Republicans succeed in their declared intention to repeal the Affordable Care Act, there will be lots of consequences, many of which are already the stuff of nightmares to people who could be left without insurance coverage: no subsidies to help cover premiums, getting disqualified because of preexisting conditions, loss of coverage for dependents under the age of 26, rollbacks of Medicaid expansions, bare-bones policies that don't cover much, changes in the ways funds are disbursed by states.

And those are the ones we're pretty sure about. There are plenty more changes in store, depending on how legislators decide to pursue the process of repeal.

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