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6 health items that could die with the ACA

If Donald Trump's promise holds true, the Affordable Care Act could be on its way out. Along with it may be these six provisions of the health care law.

By Marlene Y. Satter | Updated on January 12, 2017

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.

Related: Five Republican senators seek ACA action delay

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