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What's going on with the ACA subsidies?
The Affordable Care Act subsidies were a major sticking point in last fall=
=E2=80=99s government shutdown. [But how do ACA subsidies work, exactly?](h=
ttps://usafacts.org/articles/whats-going-on-with-aca-subsidies/) It=E2=80=
=99s complicated =E2=80=94 and the eligibility rules changed more than once=
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- The ACA=E2=80=AFprovides income-based subsidies, including one called=E2=
=80=AFAdvance Premium Tax Credits=E2=80=AFto eligible enrollees. =C2=A0
- Congress temporarily expanded eligibility requirements for the credits in=
2021 to help keep healthcare affordable during the pandemic. These enhance=
d credits expired at the end of December 2025. =C2=A0
- Temporary expansions increased the share of enrollees receiving Advance P=
remium Tax Credits: In 2020, 84.1% of ACA enrollees received premium tax cr=
edits. By 2025, 92.0% did. Meanwhile, the number of people receiving subsid=
ies also grew, up from 9.6 million to 22.4 million 2025.
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- Nationwide, eligible Advance Premium Tax Credit enrollees received an ave=
rage of $550 per month toward their insurance premiums in 2025. Average pay=
ments ranged from $338 in New Hampshire to $1,102 in West Virginia.=C2=A0
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Ask an Analyst: What's the best source for troop counts?
Ask an Analyst is a new series where our analysts let you know how they mak=
e sense of the data. Ever read a USAFacts article and think, =E2=80=9CHow d=
id they find this info?=E2=80=9D In this series, you can follow our team as=
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=99 pressing questions.=C2=A0
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[In this installment]([link removed]
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w many active duty the US has and where they=E2=80=99re stationed, from the=
Army to the Space Force. Find out why one spreadsheet is never enough! (Re=
ally, it=E2=80=99s cooler than it sounds.)=C2=A0
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How many homes are vacant in the US?=C2=A0
The three most important factors in real estate are location, location, loc=
ation =E2=80=94 and vacancy rates help show how that plays out across the h=
ousing market. In 2024, about 15.1 million homes were vacant. That=E2=80=99=
s approximately 10% of the US housing inventory. Where are these vacant hom=
es, and [how has vacancy changed over time]([link removed]
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- Vacant homes include homes for sale or rent, and vacation homes =E2=80=94=
basically, the majority of units not presently used as a permanent residen=
ce. Lower vacancy rates reflect a small real estate market inventory.=E2=80=
=AF=C2=A0
- The number of vacant homes peaked at nearly 19 million after the 2008 hou=
sing crisis, then fell by more than 20% between 2009 and 2024.=C2=A0
- In 2024, Maine, Vermont, and Alaska had the nation=E2=80=99s highest gros=
s vacancy rates.=E2=80=AFMaine has had the highest rate in the nation (or t=
ied for it) for 13 of the past 14 years.=C2=A0
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- Florida had the biggest change since 2009 (-8.8 percentage points), follo=
wed by Arizona (-7.8) and Alaska (-7.4).=E2=80=AF=C2=A0
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True or false? Make your pick.
Privately funded White House renovations typically cost more than $1 millio=
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Data behind the news
The Trump administration finalized a policy that would remove job protectio=
ns for up to 50,000 federal workers. Here=E2=80=99s the pre-new-policy data=
on [the size of the federal workforce]([link removed]
any-people-work-for-the-federal-government/). =C2=A0=C2=A0
=C2=A0
Did you place a bet on the Seahawks winning the Super Bowl yesterday? You h=
elped contribute to the growing revenue states bring in from [sports bettin=
g]([link removed]
ate/).=C2=A0
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Sharpen those (virtual) pencils and take the [weekly fact quiz]([link removed]
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One last fact
[Cancer rates by state]([link removed]
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owever, rates rose in 10 states, particularly in Tennessee (+13.5%). Rates =
fell the most in Washington, DC (-26.4%).
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