Report: 744,000 Minnesotans could be affected by ACA change

More than one-in-five Minnesotans under age 65 had health problems last year that would give them a personal stake in the debate over repealing and replacing the federal health law.

That's the conclusion of a report released Monday from the California-based Kaiser Family Foundation that estimated about 744,000 Minnesotans under 65 had a health problem that would block them from coverage if insurance companies reverted to rules that were in place before the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

The estimate is much bigger than the number with health problems who have found commercial coverage under the health law, because it includes people with "declinable" preexisting conditions with other types of insurance, such as coverage through employer groups.

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