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When financial barriers to healthcare test religious beliefs

I cannot afford my insulin and my prayer group keeps saying to trust God's provision while I ration doses and wonder if faith means letting myself die.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Economic constraints on medical care may force impossible choices between practical needs and spiritual ideals.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Faith and physical health — what research shows?”

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