She Voted for Trump Every Time. Then Came Cancer and the Bills – WTOP News
Medical bills and a $16,000-a-month drug are pushing Cindy Banda, a lifelong Trump voter, toward Democrat James Talarico.
- Cindy Banda, a 46-year-old McAllen resident battling cancer, is reconsidering her longtime support for President Donald Trump, drawn instead to Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico's healthcare proposals.
- Following her diagnosis and the 2020 murder of her sister, Banda incurred over $25,000 in medical debt while unable to work for one year, collapsing her financial stability.
- Her cancer-targeting medication costs $16,000 monthly, reduced to $500 by insurance; despite nearly $30,000 from two GoFundMe campaigns, she requires roughly $7,000 monthly for living expenses including a $1,300 car payment.
- Talarico proposes allowing all Americans to join Medicare, while Attorney General Ken Paxton suggests a $25,000 tax deduction for out-of-pocket medical expenses, a choice Banda weighs ahead of the November 3 election.
- Banda awaits test results on Election Day to determine if her cancer has spread, reflecting broader American concerns as the healthcare industry collects over $5 trillion annually.
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PHOTO ESSAY: A Texas Trump voter, struggling with cancer and medical bills, breaks party ranks
The Nov. 3 election is fast approaching at a moment when Republican voters frustrated by rising prices could turn on their party. Cindy Banda is one of them. For the 46-year-old single mother from Texas, her political shift began after…
She voted for Trump every time. Then came cancer and the bills – WTOP News
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Ford Expedition rumbled to a stop and Cindy Banda’s bedazzled flip-flops landed on the asphalt of the Houston cancer center’s vast parking lot. She threaded through the rows of cars, a tally of patients who gather here to sit with chemotherapy needles or lie on radiation machines. The elevator dinged...
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She voted for Trump every time. Then came cancer and the bills
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Ford Expedition rumbled to a stop and Cindy Banda’s bedazzled flip-flops landed on the asphalt of the Houston cancer center’s vast parking lot. She threaded through the rows of cars, a tally of patients who gather here to sit with chemotherapy needles or lie on radiation machines.
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