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Obamacare Hasn't Just Made People Healthier, but More Financially Secure

And this is especially true for women.
Source: J. Scott Applewhite / AP

Last week, Republicans in Congress took the first steps of many to fulfill their promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act. In the early hours of Thursday morning, GOP senators voted down amendments protecting some of the ACA’s most popular provisions, including those that allowed young people to be covered by their parents’ insurance until the age of 26, prevented women from being charged more than men for coverage because of their gender, lowered drug costs, and protected individuals with pre-existing conditions. That vote—and a similar vote in the House of Representatives on Friday—cleared the way for a Americans.

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