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

By: Shalina Chatlani

Outlets: Stateline

Published: August 25, 2026

Words: 2,440

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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Part 1 of an occasional series on how people are being affected by the expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies.

EDWARDS, Miss. — Every now and then a freight train rumbles through, creaking and groaning on the rusted tracks that run along the edge of the largely deserted downtown. On some days, that train is just about the only thing moving.

Grandma’s Ice Cream Shoppe, an ice cream parlor owned by a retired preacher and …

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