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  "id": 227243,
  "title": "‘Her bank accounts were stripped bare by Medicaid’: My late friend had $20,000 in credit-card debt. Will her life insurance pay for it?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/her-bank-accounts-were-stripped-bare-by-medicaid-my-late-friend-had",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-06T15:33:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.marketwatch.com/story/her-bank-accounts-were-stripped-bare-by-medicaid-my-late-friend-had-20-000-in-credit-card-debt-will-her-life-insurance-pay-for-it-17ee9792?mod=mw_rss_topstories"
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  "summary": "“She left behind a 30-year-old son and 32-year-old daughter.”",
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        "title": "‘Her bank accounts were stripped bare by Medicaid’: My late friend had $20,000 in credit-card debt. Will her life insurance pay for it?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/her-bank-accounts-were-stripped-bare-by-medicaid-my-late-friend-had",
        "published": "2026-08-09T12:30:00.000Z"
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