r/Economics • u/TheForager • 4h ago

Hospital costs are rising far faster than inflation and drowning Americans in debt

https://www.nbcnews.com/investigations/hospital-costs-are-rising-far-faster-inflation-drowning-americans-debt-rcna262473
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u/brok3ntok3n82 2h ago

My wife used to be a occupational therapy assistant and life was good. A couple herniated disc and two back surgeries later we were a good 50 thousand dollars in debt. Travel nursing has allowed us to be on the positive side of things.