{
  "id": 5789582,
  "title": "The Hidden Cost of America’s Bureaucracy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/the-hidden-cost-of-americas-bureaucracy",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-05T15:15:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-09-05/the-hidden-cost-of-america-s-bureaucracy-video"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In her new book The Time Tax, Atlantic staff writer Annie Lowrey examines how paperwork, delays and administrative hurdles consume Americans’ time and can make government benefits and services harder to access. Joining Christina Ruffini and Jeff Mason on Bloomberg This Weekend, Lowrey argues those burdens fall disproportionately on lower-income Americans and says simpler applications, better data…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "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."
}