{
  "id": 16581936,
  "title": "The Cost of Healthcare Is Hitting America Where It Hurts: The Wallet",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/the-cost-of-healthcare-is-hitting-america-where-it-hurts-the-wallet",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-26T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KFF Health News",
    "slug": "kff-health-news",
    "url": "https://kffhealthnews.org/health-care-costs/priced-out-healthcare-costs-medical-debt-insurance-disability-chronic-conditions/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Rising healthcare costs are upending the lives of Americans. People are forgoing health insurance, rationing medications, cutting back on doctor visits, and putting off health procedures they can’t afford. But bringing the costs down won’t be easy.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}