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How Trump's Cheap Insurance Might Be More Expensive

Choosing skimpier plans may work out for the very healthy or very lucky. Others would be stuck with large, unexpected bills.
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In last night’s speech to a joint session of Congress, President Trump didn’t shed much light on how he would go about replacing Obamacare. But he did say he had a plan that would simultaneously “expand choice, increase access, lower cost, and provide better healthcare,” and the few

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