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When medical necessity conflicts with basic survival needs

My insulin costs more than my rent and I have started rationing it even though I know it could kill me because I cannot choose between housing and staying alive.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Healthcare pricing that exceeds basic living costs forces individuals into life-threatening compromises that reveal the violence embedded in commodified medicine.

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