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Who might be hardest hit by expiring Obamacare tax credits

As the future of enhanced premium tax credits for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) remains in limbo, so do the millions of consumers who have come to rely on the cost-friendly plans for their health care needs.

Current analyses project that the groups who will experience the highest loss in insurance coverage if the ACA premium tax credits aren’t extended are young adults; Black, non-Hispanic people; and those in the middle bracket of income.

The number of people projected to lose coverage if the credits expire has ranged between 3 million and nearly 5 million.

These estimates are based on a report by the Urban Institute, which found that uninsurance would rise by 25 percent among adults aged 19 to 34,

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