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When middle-class income provides neither security nor assistance

My health insurance costs more than my rent used to cost and I make too much for subsidies but too little to afford being sick and this seems fundamentally wrong.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Healthcare costs create a specific economic vulnerability that renders moderate incomes inadequate while excluding access to safety nets.

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