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It's a reality on health care that so many of us are living. A new survey released by West Health and Gallup finds 65 million adults had a health issue in the past year, but they didn't get treatment for it because of the cost. One of the biggest issues of health care costs is the surprise medical bills. The issue has become such a problem, Congress held its first-ever congressional hearing on surprise medical bills Tuesday. “If your kid gets hurt playing soccer and you go to an [emergency doctor], there's a really good chance you're gonna get a surprise medical bill,” says Frederick Isasi. Isasi is the executive director for Families USA, an advocacy group for health care consumers. “More people are scared of hospital bills and health care bills than getting sick,” Isasi says. “That's where we are as a nation. There's more harm happening in this country, in some ways psychologically, around the cost of health care than actually being scared about their health.” Isasi and others testified about the need for federal laws to protect patients, including making hospitals and doctors provide billing costs upfront and putting a cap on costs. A new survey found in the past year, Americans borrowed billion to pay for health care, because they couldn't afford it. “Almost half of Americans, they have less than 0 in saving, so a surprise medical bill for ,000 means, ‘I'm gonna have to miss my car payment, miss my mortgage payment. I'm gonna have to take out of my retirement account,’” Isasi says. But at Tuesday’s hearing, lawmakers openly admitted finding a real solution will be a challenge. “The problem is this whole process of health care is so complex,” Rep. Rick Allen (R-Georgia) relayed at the hearing. Rep. Susan Wild (D-Pennsylvania) agreed, stating “the solutions I’m hearing don't really sound very workable in the context of our present medical system, and that's where I really struggle to understand how we're gonna fix this.” Some states have passed legislation to try and protect patients from surprise bills, but about 60 percent of employer-based plans are governed by federal law, not state law. 2153

Jo Cameron, a 71-year-old Scottish woman, has never needed to take painkillers after seeing the dentist and can eat spicy Scotch bonnet chilis without any discomfort.She thought little of it until she sought treatment for a hip problem at the age of 65. Doctors were astonished to find that she experienced no pain despite severe degeneration in her joint. A year later, she said she felt no pain after undergoing what's typically a very painful operation on her hand for osteoarthritis.Her doctors decided to analyze whether her lack of pain sensitivity was due to genetics and found it was caused by a mutation in a previously unidentified gene."I had no idea until a few years ago that there was anything that unusual about how little pain I feel. I just thought it was normal," Cameron said in a news release.In 828

It's a familiar refrain. Parents lament that technology is turning good, legible handwriting into a lost art form for their kids.In response, lawmakers in state after state -- particularly in the South -- are carving out space in teachers' classroom time to keep the graceful loops of cursive writing alive for the next generation. 343

It's not only about avocados and auto parts. Imports from Mexico can be found in almost every part of the US economy.In the first three months of the year, Mexico has moved past Canada and China to become the United States' largest trading partner, in terms of the value of goods moving back and forth over the border, with about billion a month in imports and exports so far this year.The tariffs President Donald Trump has threatened against Mexico would be broad, covering basically everything coming north across the border. They aren't targeted, the way tariffs are typically levied. The impact on business, consumers and the economy could be similarly widespread."This is going to be felt by every sector and it's going to be felt by consumers. Not just by businesses. Not just the auto industry. It's going to be felt more widely and deeply than previous tariffs were felt," said Neil Bradley, chief policy officer for the US Chamber of Commerce.Economists, stunned by the Trump administration's recent action against Mexico, were not prepared to make predictions about how much prices will increase for Americans, because they never considered such an action would take place. Blindsided businesses haven't had time to determine how to replace existing supply chains with other sources, adding stress to American companies.But some industries could be particularly hard-hit by tariffs on Mexican goods.AutosThe United States imported billion of auto parts from Mexico last year and an additional billion in completed cars. Deutsche Bank estimates that if the tariffs reach 25%, it will add an average of ,300 to the price of US cars.Demand for American-made cars could plunge 18% if the tariffs are enacted, according to that estimate. That would be the biggest drop in car sales since the auto industry teetered on ruin ten years ago during the Great Recession.ElectronicsA fifth of computer and electronic equipment imports come from Mexico, according to Goldman Sachs. That's about billion a year in electronics. Mexican televisions, monitor displays and equipment came to more than billion, or more than 35% of those imports.The United States is also set to raise tariffs on imports from China, which is another huge source of electronics. Businesses in that sector probably won't be able to escape increased costs.OilAmerica's oil industry is booming, but Mexico has become an more important source of oil for the United States, because of the cutback in production by Saudi Arabia and other OPEC nations, as well as the virtual halt of oil coming in from Venezuela.Mexico sent about billion worth of oil a month north across the border so far this year. That accounted for about 10% of all US oil imports so far this year -- nearly as much as Saudi Arabia exported to the United States. Gas prices have been stubbornly high this year because of the OPEC and Venezuelan cutbacks, and tariffs on such a significant source of oil could boost prices even further.Wires, cables and conductorsThe United States imports billion worth of Mexican wires, cables and conductors: about 50% of America's imports in the market. Although it's not the type of product that many consumers think about, American manufacturers use the components to make all types of goods.The the low-cost supply from Mexico makes the American goods they go into competitive.Food productsEating healthy is going to get more expensive with a 25% tariff on the billion worth of vegetables imported from Mexico. About 35% of all vegetable imports to the United States come from Mexico.Add in beverages, meats and cereal and Mexican food imports top billion, or about 26% of all imported food to the Untied States, according to Goldman Sachs' figures.A 25% tariff on avocados would raises costs in the United States by 5 million each year, said Johan Gott, principal at consulting firm AT Kearney. Tomatoes would cost 0 million more. Cucumbers prices would rise by 6 million, and asparagus would cost Americans 7 million each year.If the tariff remains at 25%, the cost to the beer industry will be 4 million per year, according to the Beer Institute, a trade association for the brewing industry.Air conditioners, refrigerators, furnaces and ovensMexico exported .4 billion worth of appliances to the United States last year, which amounted to 44% of American imports in that sector, according to Goldman Sachs.Dishwashers, laundry machines and other household appliances added another .1 billion worth of imports from Mexico.A potentially bigger threatThe tariffs won't apply to the goods that American farmers and manufacturers send to Mexico. But Mexico could quickly levy their own tariffs on US goods."What we've seen in the last year, when one country raises tariffs, retaliation is not far behind," said John Murphy, senior vice president, international affairs, for the US Chamber of Commerce, one of the groups opposing the tariffs."Tariffs are sand in the gears of the economy," he said. "They reduce our competitiveness." 5076

LAGOS, Nigeria – Cardi B's announcement that she wants to seek Nigerian citizenship has set off a Twitter feud between her West African fans in friendly rivals Nigeria and Ghana. The Grammy-winning rapper visited both countries last month on her African tour. Her announcement 289

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