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The Medical Debt Crisis in Maine

Chapter 1: Tackling the Crisis

High healthcare costs are crushing Maine patients and families. Over 60 percent of Mainers say they'd struggle to afford a surprise $500 medical expense, and over 40 percent have taken on medical debt in the last five years. Mainers For Working Families spent the last three months traveling all around the state to meet Mainers and discuss the truly devastating effects medical debt has on their lives.

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