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Readers respond: Look to health care for affordability
Readers respond: Look to health care for affordability
Readers respond: Look to health care for affordability

Published on: 11/28/2025

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If President Donald Trump truly wants to address the affordability crisis facing American families, he will have to look beyond the price of a Big Mac, (“Trump’s Republican Party insists there’s no affordability crisis and dismisses election losses,” Nov. 16). Health care costs are what push family budgets to the breaking point. Prescription drug costs, in particular, are one of the biggest monthly expenses for millions of households, and they continue to rise.

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