Tax Credits under the Affordable Care Act vs. the American Health Care Act

This repository contains data and scripts used in the Trend CT visualizations:

• American Health Care Act: Who gains and loses in Connecticut?

Walkthroughs

• Tax Credits under the Affordable Care Act vs. the American Health Care Act - [HTML] [RMarkdown]

The Data

• Kaiser Family Foundation tax credits analysis data

What's in this repo

• data folder - Folder with county-level data on ACA and AHCA tax credits
• ahca_versus_aca_R - Raw R script generating wide and tall faceted map graphics

Acknowledgments

As of this publication, there are already excellent visualizations featuring small multiples on

• The Upshot - Who Wins and Who Loses Under Republicans’ Health Care Plan
• Axios - Winners & losers if Obamacare subsidies become GOP tax credits

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Philosophy

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Usage

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