{"id":1003608,"date":"2019-02-05T21:22:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T01:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003608"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:10:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:10:01","slug":"the-real-state-of-the-union-seniors-facing-health-care-costs-we-just-cant-do-it-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/the-real-state-of-the-union-seniors-facing-health-care-costs-we-just-cant-do-it-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"THE REAL STATE OF THE UNION: Seniors Facing Health Care Costs: \u2018We Just Can\u2019t Do It Anymore\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Take a break from Trump and hear from regular Americans about the real state of our Union.\u00a0 Watch seniors in Pennsylvania as they talk about often having to decide between buying food and buying medicine:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe cost of the insurances, the cost of your medication is going up. We just can&#8217;t do it anymore. It&#8217;s very sad that people have to like live from day to day.\u201d &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1054387597278175232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1054387597278175232&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1549982870494000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEFdU1L8K3kFgs2HqggVyXpzxrd9w\"> Pennsylvania resident<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1054387597278175232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1054387597278175232&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1549982870494000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEFdU1L8K3kFgs2HqggVyXpzxrd9w\">WATCH HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1054387597278175232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1054387597278175232&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1549982870494000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEFdU1L8K3kFgs2HqggVyXpzxrd9w\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/NSFs-SLqvrKZ98Z72LfP7UWrzhE25AtONQMw6CuZ4qtFa2VIkKzk4FFQydlrBrEbsy0tkfwxbQKd5m2D-_y4Has6bpp6otAMh0rFPWnZopJ6bmhQDm8sSChtA3BGDXXcx-L2e2M1\" width=\"503\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a break from Trump and hear from regular Americans about the real state of our Union.\u00a0 Watch seniors in Pennsylvania as they talk about often having to decide between buying food and buying medicine: \u201cThe cost of the insurances, the cost of your medication is going up. We just can&#8217;t do it anymore. 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