Cheaper health insurance changed their lives. Then it went away.

The briefing

The expiration of Affordable Care Act enhanced subsidies at the end of last year has left millions of Americans, particularly in low-income states like Mississippi, without health insurance. Derrick Clark, an alderman and diabetes patient in Edwards, Mississippi, is among those whose coverage lapsed, making routine care unaffordable and threatening severe health consequences. While state officials expanded enrollment during the subsidy era, enrollment has now plummeted, reversing progress in overall population health.