If Congress repeals the Affordable Care Act without replacing it, nearly 3-million Californians would lose coverage, the most of any state. That’s according to estimates from the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education. The lead author of the report, Laurel Lucia, says low-income earners, young adults, part-time workers, and people of color would be especially impacted…

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Meanwhile, the Congressional Budget Office says at least 18-million people could lose their health plans, nationwide. Under the Affordable Care Act, Lucia says California cut the number of its uninsured residents in half, by 2015, the largest decline of any state, with the MediCal expansion accounting for most of the drop…

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In Nevada County, over 8,000 residents are enrolled through the MediCal expansion of the Affordable Care Act, or 8.6% of the population. Another 6,000 are enrolled through Covered California, or 6.2% of the population.