She voted for Trump every time. Then came cancer and the bills

Cindy Banda, a 46-year-old single mother in McAllen, Texas, who voted for Donald Trump in all three of his campaigns because she opposes abortion, is now weighing a vote for Democrats for the first time after breast cancer left her deep in medical debt. Her experience reflects a wider squeeze on families as the Nov. 3 midterm elections approach, according to ABC News.

Surveys from September point to the same unease. Fox News polling found roughly half of registered voters now count healthcare costs as a major problem for their households, compared with a little over a third four years earlier. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found Democrats holding a nearly two-to-one trust advantage over Republicans on the issue.

Banda lost a year of commissions selling internet service while on sick leave. Surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, even with employer insurance, produced more than $25,000 in bills, while keeping her household running costs about $7,000 monthly for her three children and three more she took in after her sister's death. Her $7,500 deductible resets in January, so she hopes to schedule reconstruction sooner. Relatives, old classmates and two GoFundMe campaigns, which brought in nearly $30,000, have helped.

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