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moondust

(19,958 posts) Fri May 3, 2019, 01:09 AM May 2019

Study: 137 million Americans struggling

with medical financial hardship

http://www.nbcnews.com/video/estimated-137-million-americans-struggling-with-medical-financial-hardship-study-finds-58747973749

(NBC Nightly News ran story on Thursday)

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Study: 137 million Americans struggling (Original Post) moondust May 2019 OP

So sick. GOP is so sick. applegrove May 2019 #1

"But look at the bright side: the economy is great if you're rich!" struggle4progress May 2019 #2

Sounds high, but it's deceptive. Shocking that it isn't higher. FBaggins May 2019 #3

applegrove

(118,488 posts)

1. So sick. GOP is so sick.

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Fri May 3, 2019, 01:14 AM

May 2019

struggle4progress

(118,224 posts)

2. "But look at the bright side: the economy is great if you're rich!"

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Fri May 3, 2019, 02:05 AM

May 2019

FBaggins

(26,721 posts)

3. Sounds high, but it's deceptive. Shocking that it isn't higher.

Reply to moondust (Original post)

Fri May 3, 2019, 07:19 AM

May 2019

One would assume that “struggling with medical financial hardship” means that they can’t afford needed medical care... but that isn’t the case.

Reading the study definitions, it’s shocking that half of Americans don't fit into any of their statistical buckets.

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