Editorial

Medical Debt in the United States—A Growing and Deadly Cancer

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.38392

October 01, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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Corresponding Author: Fumiko Chino, MD, Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit 1422, Houston, TX 77030 (fchino@mdanderson.org).

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