KFF piece on premiums: www.kff.org/quick-take/a...

JOP piece: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....

+ effects among some subgroups (eg in their early 60s) were offset by - effects among those most likely to be uninsured (& so pay a fine) after the ACA.

People react very negatively when they lose something--but the exchanges' design may obscure the gov't role.

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My point is wherever you assess Trump's approval to be, people's direct experiences with the consequence of policymaking isn't likely to be a major input.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Here's the interview: t.co/IzGGZmO2aV

Here's the book: www.russellsage.org/publications...

I remember the wild rumors--that people were stopped trying to bomb the George Washington Bridge.

But maybe above all, I remember the loss and the lost. The hundreds of "missing person" signs plastered all over the Union Square subway station.

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I remember the naivete. On 9/11, I thought I should rest up because they would need people to dig in the rubble looking for survivors.

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I remember the sense of national unity, of resolve, of coming together. I remember buying a pair of shoes in Lower Manhattan because the President of the US said to go shopping.

I remember the uncertainty. Would people ever want to go up in skyscrapers again?

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I remember the bravery--the FDNY, NYPD running in. I remember the solidarity--my uncle in Wyoming saying a heartfelt, "it hit us pretty hard here, too." I remember offloading supplies sent from all over in the Shea Stadium parking lot with uniformed Mets and former strangers.

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