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Raphael Warnock: “Folks go to the doctor one day for a bandage or some minor injury, and end up leaving with a financial burden the size…”

On the recordMay 27, 2026
Folks go to the doctor one day for a bandage or some minor injury, and end up leaving with a financial burden the size of a mortgage. It could happen to any one of us.
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Raphael Warnock
Democratic · Georgia

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Senator Warnock highlights the severity of medical debt.

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