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  "path": "/2026/06/12/repub/nearly-half-of-adults-struggled-to-afford-healthcare-last-year-survey-finds/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-12T08:43:51.000Z",
  "site": "https://marylandmatters.org",
  "tags": [
    "Health",
    "ACA",
    "Affordable Care Act",
    "health insurance",
    "health marketplace",
    "healthcare",
    "KFF",
    "Robert Wood Johnson Foundation",
    "RWJF",
    "Urban Institute"
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  "textContent": "Forty-six percent of U.S. adults — regardless of insurance type — struggled to afford healthcare last year, defined as trouble paying medical bills, a family member not getting needed care due to costs or family medical debt at the time of the national survey.",
  "title": "Nearly half of adults struggled to afford healthcare last year, survey finds"
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