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How children with lethal cancers and other incurable illnesses have benefited from the Affordable Care Act – and why they'll suffer if the Supreme Court overturns it

  • Written by Lisa C. Lindley, Associate Professor of Nursing, University of Tennessee
imageRachel Goldman and a child with cancer participate in a fundraiser for childhood cancer research on Nov. 17, 2019 in New York City. Children with cancer face many challenges even when they are not in hospice care.Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Runway Heroes

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