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Shanice Jordan sits in a hospital bed in a patient room. She wears a yellow hospital gown with a light grid pattern on it and three hospital bracelets -- one red, one white and one yellow. She had a blanket over her lap, and on top of the blanket is some white fabric in an embroidery hoop with some progress made on stitching. The design includes several iconic Christmas symbols, like candy canes and holly. Jordan is a Black woman with her hair pulled into a bun.
Abigail Ruhman
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Shanice Jordan is one of the four million Texans enrolled in an Affordable Care Act health plan. But subsidies that make plans through the federal health insurance marketplace more affordable are set to expire at the end of the year — meaning Jordan and other Texans will premiums that are more than double what they currently pay.
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