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He Paid Homeowner’s Insurance for 11 Years, Filed One Claim, and Got Dropped — Then His Health Costs Exploded
A Columbus restaurant manager's premiums doubled, his insurer dropped him, and he couldn't afford prescriptions.…
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Too Young for Medicare, Too ‘Wealthy’ for Help: A Baltimore Business Owner’s Prescription Crisis at 59
Travis Thornton, 59, earns too much for Medicaid and is 6 years from Medicare. His…
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Her Insurance Changed at 63 and Her Prescription Bill Nearly Tripled — Now She’s Racing the Medicare Clock
At 64, Gina Haddad watched her monthly prescriptions jump from $187 to $514 after an…
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He Earns Too Much for Medicaid and Too Little for His Prescriptions — One Year From Medicare, Curtis Kessler Is Just Waiting
Curtis Kessler, 64, earns too much for Medicaid but can't cover his prescriptions. His story…
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He Built a Daycare From Scratch, Then a Single Insurance Change Wiped Out His Prescription Budget
Have you ever watched someone hold a family together with both hands — working, planning,…
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She Made $94,000 a Year and Still Couldn’t Afford Her Prescriptions After Her Airline Dropped Its Health Plan
Have you ever assumed your income was high enough to protect you from a healthcare…
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Her Employer Switched Health Plans and She Went Three Months Without Her Medication — at 29
Have you ever looked at your pay stub and felt like you were doing everything…
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She Makes Good Money and Still Can’t Afford Her Prescriptions — and Now She’s Behind on Property Taxes
The conventional wisdom says that if you earn enough money, the healthcare system’s rough edges…
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She Earns Good Money as a Truck Driver but Can’t Afford Her Prescriptions — One Insurance Switch Changed Everything
Have you ever done the math on what you actually keep after taxes, loan payments,…
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After His Wife Retired, Oscar Kirby’s Drug Costs Jumped $340 a Month — Here’s What Happened
The first thing Oscar Kirby said when I sat down with him at the Knoxville…