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When doctors ignore patients' financial constraints

My psychiatrist keeps pushing expensive medications when I've told her I can barely afford the ones I'm already taking.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Medical training often fails to address how economic realities affect treatment compliance and outcomes.

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