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Trump Is Mailing $500 Checks to About 1 Million Obamacare Enrollees. Most of the Other 18 Million Get Nothing.

The payments help “middle-income people who lost subsidies when Congress did not extend enhanced tax credits, and are now paying in many cases thousands of dollars…

By Mark Masterson · 1d ago · 2 min read

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Trump Is Mailing $500 Checks to About 1 Million Obamacare Enrollees. Most of the Other 18 Million Get Nothing.

An FDA Panel Votes Today on the Cancer Blood Test Whose Biggest Trial Missed Its Main Goal

Pennsylvania Counts Four Measles Deaths, the CDC’s National Tally Counts None

The CDC’s Rabies Alert Is Mostly About Doctors Getting the Shots Wrong

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