The government shutdown is forcing employees to ration and fundraise for medication, or put their health at risk

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• Approximately 800,000 federal employees are working without pay during the partial government shutdown that began December 22. 
• In media reports, some workers have described struggles to afford medication and worries about the costs of health care. 
• Some have even said they are postponing care or rationing medication like insulin. 

About 800,000 US government employees are going without pay during the partial government shutdown that started December 22. And as the shutdown drags on, some workers have said they can't afford — and are even postponing — necessary healthcare. 

In multiple media reports, government employees have described difficulty affording medications for conditions like diabetes and epilepsy. Others have noted that they can't properly care for their children. Some have chosen to postpone testing and care over financial worries, and others have turned to crowdfunding as a way to drum up healthcare funds. 

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