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Sat Oct 11, 2025, 12:35 PM Saturday

Most Americans Who Rely on Obamacare Live in Republican Areas

Charts and maps

https://archive.ph/Iv3Hr


"... Obamacare was designed to cover the poorest Americans with Medicaid and then offer subsidies for people who earned more. There is a small share of the income distribution that overlaps; those people are eligible for Medicaid where it is available, and subsidies where it is not. As a result, more low-income Americans are eligible for subsidies in states that don’t offer Medicaid to all poor adults.

Since subsidies became more generous in 2021, overall enrollment has more than tripled in six red states: Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia and West Virginia.
Of that group, only West Virginia expanded Medicaid.

Obamacare coverage has become especially widespread in south Florida, where there is a large concentration of low-wage workers and early retirees.

Most of the congressional districts with the highest enrollments are in states that Trump won in the presidential election, but not all are represented by Republicans in Congress...."

But will losing healthcare insurance in January change their votes?
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