These GOP states would suffer the biggest blows if Affordable Care Act subsidies expire, analysts say

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Not renewing subsidies for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act would disproportionately affect Republican states, particularly in the South, according to analysts.

The issue is at the heart of the longest-ever federal government shutdown as Democrats have been pushing for an extension of the subsidies, while Republicans want to let them expire at the end of the year.