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Thu Nov 27, 2025, 10:20 PM Thursday

Americans Are Buckling Under Medical Bills [View all]

Americans Are Buckling Under Medical Bills

November 27, 2025 at 10:55 am EST By Taegan Goddard 75 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2025/11/27/americans-are-buckling-under-medical-bills/


Politico: “Charities that help people cover their medical bills say they’re seeing an alarming increase in requests for help. Worse yet, they say, it’s coming even before cuts to Medicaid in President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act take effect and the potential expiration of Obamacare subsidies at year’s end. The charities are warning of exploding medical debt and lower survival rates for diseases like cancer if Congress doesn’t act.”
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