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Query
How they overlap
Of the articles on each keyword in the last 7 days, with the same text and sources, how many also mention the other. Per lean: the share of its outlets' articles on cost of living that mention health care.
9.2% of the 98 articles on cost of living also mention health care, as do 5.5% of the 163 articles on health care.
- Left-leaning5 of 45 articles
- 11.1%
- Least biased2 of 11 articles
- 18.2%
- Right-leaning2 of 42 articles
- 4.8%
Who picked it up when
NPR mentioned it first (Oct 22, 2026, 5:00 AM EDT). Right-leaning outlets followed 3 hours later, least biased outlets 9 hours later.
One row per source with a matching article, from the most left-leaning on top: a dot for each article, on a bar for each stretch of its coverage (a pause of more than 24 hours starts a new one). Hover or tap a dot for the headline, click it to read the article.
Source lean:leftcenterright
Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.
Results
9 articles mention cost of living and health care in the last 7 days (Oct 20 to Oct 26).
| Article | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Forbes | Affordability Pressures On Fuel, Childcare And Healthcare Mount Ahead Of Midterms, Research Report SaysForbes Multiple regions in the U.S. typically associated with lower costs of living have experienced rising affordability pressures, according to the Urban Institute. | 0.65 | |
| The Daily Caller | Americans Paying Hundreds More For Health Insurance They Haven’t Even UsedThe Daily Caller American workers are paying hundreds more for employer-sponsored health insurance in 2026, with family coverage contributions rising 9% as premiums outpace wage growth. | 0.65 | |
| The Guardian | As midterms loom, Trump and his allies try to change the subjectThe Guardian Despite distraction and distortion, voters know what issues will be informing their votes in this election This was originally published in The Stakes 2026, a newsletter about the midterm elections. Sign up to get it in your inbox Elections too often get pigeonholed. The hot take, or simplistic analysis, would have it that just one issue – often the issue the source so happens to be most animated about – will decide the entire result. Tens of millions of Americans will go to the polls next month. Will they be galvanized by affordability? Maybe it’s Iran. Or healthcare? Taxes, perhaps. Or crime. Continue reading... | 0.30 | |
| Vox | The 2026 election could reshape healthcareVox Americans are furious about the state of our healthcare system. A recent KFF poll found 60 percent of US adults worry about the cost of medical care — more than gasoline, food and groceries, or their rent or mortgage. One in three Americans say they worry every day or almost every day about their ability to […] | 0.65 | |
| The Hill | Workers hit hard by rising employer health insurance costsThe Hill Costs are spiking for the millions of Americans who rely on workplace-sponsored health insurance, according to a new survey released Thursday, with small businesses and their employees being hit especially hard. The average cost of a family plan increased by 5 percent, topping $28,000 this year, according to the annual Employer Benefits Survey from KFF.... | 0.65 | |
| Newsmax | Health Insurance Costs Keep Climbing for WorkersNewsmax People who rely on employer-sponsored health insurance paid more for their coverage this year, with employees at small businesses and their employers especially squeezed by the surging costs, according to a new survey by healthcare research nonprofit KFF. The 2026 Employer... | 0.60 | |
| The New York Times | Employers Shift Rising Health Care Costs Onto Millions of WorkersThe New York Times New surveys show that increases in premiums and deductibles are forcing people to forgo treatments or doctor’s visits while budgets are strained by higher food and gas prices. | 0.70 | |
| TIME | Health Care Costs Are Becoming UnsustainableTIME As the cost of health insurance continues to rise in the U.S., it is becoming unaffordable for some. | 0.65 | |
| NPR | High health costs squeeze workers, even if you have good insurance through a jobNPR About 157 million Americans get their health insurance through work. A survey of employers shows a moderate price uptick this year, but workers still say health costs are a top concern. | 0.60 |
Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.
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Other keywords in the matching articles: the share of them that mention each, with the number of articles. The search icon searches for cost of living and that keyword instead of health care, keeping the text, sources, source type and time range.
Coverage by source
The share of each source's stories in the last 7 days that match the query, from left to right. Sort the table to reorder the bars.
Source lean:leftcenterright
Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.
| Vox | 2.7% | 1 | 37 |
| The New York Times | 0.3% | 1 | 296 |
| TIME | 1.5% | 1 | 67 |
| The Guardian | 0.1% | 1 | 703 |
| NPR | 0.9% | 1 | 107 |
| The Hill | 0.3% | 1 | 404 |
| Forbes | 0.3% | 1 | 399 |
| The Daily Caller | 0.6% | 1 | 170 |
| Newsmax | 0.3% | 1 | 293 |
Coverage by lean
The share of stories that match the query, in the last 7 days, averaged over the outlets of each political lean with at least 3 stories. The groups differ in size, so a single outlet weighs more in the smaller ones.
- Left-leaning5 of 15 sources
- 0.4%
- Least biased2 of 8 sources
- 0.1%
- Right-leaning2 of 15 sources
- 0.1%
Lean index −3.0: covered more by left-leaning outlets
Each outlet at its MBFC bias score, from −10 (far left) to +10 (far right), as high as the share of its stories that match the query. The lean index is the average score of the outlets covering it, weighted by that share.
lean indexour sources' average (+0.4)leftcenterright
Bias scores by Media Bias/Fact Check.
Source leans based on ratings by Media Bias/Fact Check.