[Ads-l] "Risk" vs. "at risk of"

[Laurence Horn]

> On Apr 22, 2017, at 11:31 PM, Joel Berson <berson at ATT.NET> wrote:
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> NY TIMES: “Millions Risk Losing Health Insurance in Republican Plan, Analysts Say”.  According to a DLCC email solicitation.
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> Shouldn't that be "Millions at risk of losing health insurance"?
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> Joel

Maybe the headline writer is thinking specifically about those millions who currently have care under the ACA and voted Republican anyway, not the millions who didn’t and are thus at risk of losing their health care without having risked doing so.

LH

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