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Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., answers questions from reporters after chairing a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Sept. 17, 2025.
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Lab technician Kathrine Abelita is one of nine workers — six technicians and three nurses — at West River Health Services in rural North Dakota who are current or former H-1B visa holders. The visa is for highly skilled foreign workers employed in fields in which companies struggle to hire enough workers who already live in the U.S.
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BEKKI HOLZKAMM
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Oregon State Hospital in Salem.
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Mallory Rogers and Andrew Waibel, with their children, Adeline (right) and Tristan, are saving for next year’s costs to treat Adeline’s Type 1 diabetes when they switch her to a high-deductible health insurance plan. But Rogers says many families aren’t in a position to stockpile like that. “Adding a financial burden to an already very stressful medical condition, it hurts my heart,” Mallory Rogers says. “Nobody asks to have diabetes, Type 1 or Type 2.”
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