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Here is the reality: Most Americans with cancer who report struggling to pay for medical expenses or navigating medical debt are insured.
These are regular people who have done everything “right” — either they signed up for their Medicare or Medicaid coverage, held onto jobs with employer-sponsored plans or were self-insured on the marketplace. Then, they got cancer and the bills started rolling in without any end in sight. Soon, the bill collectors and credit agencies came knocking. These are nurses, educators, and single parents — people who weren’t just battling cancer but debt collectors, too…