Hickory, NC News & Views | October 26, 2025 | Hickory Hound
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🩺 The Cost of Health: When Survival Becomes a Sickness
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The October 26, 2025 edition of News and Views confronts the final cost of modern living: health. Across Hickory and Catawba County, medical expenses now rival rent and groceries as household-breaking costs. Using ALICE data and the 2023 Community Health Assessment, this report shows how healthcare inflation, insurance gaps, and economic strain converge to weaken family stability and civic health. From rising premiums to deferred care, the system punishes those doing everything right — working, paying, and still falling behind. “The Cost of Health” closes the Cost of Comfort series by asking a simple question: when staying alive costs this much, who can afford to live well?
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