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Surprisingly Affordable Cities for North Texas Homebuyers

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The North Texas Housing Reset

North Texas has long been defined by explosive population growth and a housing market that seems determined to move only upward. The Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex continues to attract newcomers, adding close to 500 new residents every single day.1 This relentless influx, coupled with massive corporate relocations by giants like Toyota and JPMorgan Chase, has cemented DFW’s reputation as one of the nation’s hottest, and often most expensive, markets.2

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Obamacare Actually Isn’t All That Affordable — Unless You’re Broke

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By Simon Constable

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — It’s time for the Affordable Care Act to join a long list of oxymorons. Why? Because rather like “military intelligence,” “cat proof,” “government organization,” and “simple calculus,” the law better known as Obamacare turns out to be an inherent contradiction. For a sizeable part of the population, anyway.

The ACA is just not affordable to a big chunk of those it was most meant to serve: The previously uninsured. In fact, many are worse off than before, according to a new study. That fact could also unravel part of the program’s foundation, which could be a problem for healthcare insurers.

“Many of the non-poor formerly uninsured are estimated to be worse off,” than without insurance, according to a September-dated working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research titled “The Price of Responsibility: The Impact Of Health Reform On Non-Poor Uninsured.”

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