This family is forced to pick who gets to stay insured

Published on Bloomberg News

The Maldonados’ story is a tale of middle-class Americans juggling family finances. With the ever-present pressure of a mortgage and looming college tuition, many otherwise-financially sound families face a stark choice when health-care premiums shoot wildly higher: Take on debt or opt out of the medical system and hope for the best. The Maldonados’ story is part of Bloomberg’s year-long examination of Americans struggling to afford the rising costs of health care—and the painful financial and medical trade-offs that inevitably follow.

This story was part of a series that won the third place in the consumer/feature (large) category of the Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism in 2018.

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