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Americans are deferring medical care because they can’t afford it, the latest sign that surging inflation is pressuring household spending.

According to a June survey by Morning Consult, a decision intelligence company, 41% of respondents who considered but didn’t purchase a healthcare service over the prior month cited cost as the reason. The survey looks at how price-sensitive various spending categories are, and whether consumers are likely to forgo a product or service or trade down to a cheaper one amid high inflation.

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — It’s been two years since USA medical student Samantha Thomas was killed in a crash on the I-65 service road in Mobile.

Two weeks ago, the Mobile neurosurgeon charged in that crash asked a Mobile County judge for more freedoms under his bond. Friday, nearly two years after the crash, the judge ruled in favor of half of Jonathan Nakhla’s requests.

The judge ruled in favor, allowing Nakhla to travel from Mobile to his father’s home in Daphne to work. The judge denied his request to travel to Fort Morgan to take care of his rental property.

Samantha’s family said while they may not agree with the judge’s decision, they support his ruling and trust the process. As her family marks two years without Samantha, they are taking the time to honor her

The use of medical marijuana by students, the subject of a study waiting for Gov. Charlie Baker’s signature, is not being backed by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

“The AAP opposes medical marijuana outside the regulatory process of the US Food and Drug Administration,” an academy spokesperson told the Herald Tuesday.

The state Legislature sent the governor a host of changes to the state’s weed laws Monday, including a proposal to study giving students access to medical marijuana during the school day, as the Herald first reported.

“The cannabis control commission, in consultation with the department of elementary and secondary education and the department of public health, shall conduct a study on the possession, administration and consumption of medical marijuana, as defined in chapter 94I, at public or private schools in the commonwealth as it relates to students,” the proposed law reads.

The association of children’s doctors says that so

PORT RICHEY — When Ryan Naylor damage his ankle throughout kickball observe in Could, he did what many would do: He Googled it.

Ice and an Epsom salts bathtub did not work. Seems there isn’t any surefire dwelling treatment for a ruptured Achilles tendon.

Naylor, 26, did not have medical insurance. So he stayed dwelling for 36 hours till he could not take the ache anymore.

His fiance, Brittany Nolan, took him to the emergency room at HCA Florida Trinity Hospital the place medical doctors wrapped his ankle in a splint. They informed him to see a specialist. The hospital invoice and the one for surgical procedure got here out to $14,000.

The couple, who have been saving for a fall marriage ceremony, have been devastated. They’d no means of understanding that Naylor was days away from a medical emergency that