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How the Republican Health-Care Bill Would Change Premiums

It depends on your state and what it decides.
Source: Jim Cole / AP

According to the Congressional Budget Office’s latest score of the Republicans’ Obamacare replacement bill, 23 million people would lose health insurance by 2026 if the bill were to become law.

That much is known. But much of what each individual’s insurance options and costs would look like depends on decisions their states make about what kinds of services to cover. In doing so, the bill, which passed

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