Nipping medical problems and medical bills in the butt.

From Marketplace, I'm Sabri Beneshore, in for David Brancaccio.

First, the Trump administration is planning on pairing back some tariffs on steel and aluminum goods.

This is according to multiple media reports, partly because officials are recognizing something the administration has repeatedly

denied that tariffs raise prices for consumers. The tariffs were also very complicated for businesses

to calculate. One way to avoid major medical bills is to catch major medical problems early or prevent

them. That is why we have annual checkups and vaccines and

antibiotics. But if you don't have good access to a doctor, all of that becomes harder. Researchers

calculated just how big a difference that access makes. Marketplaces, Kaylee Wells, has more.

If you're an adult with a chronic disease, having a go-to primary care doctor cuts your

health care costs in half.

The report from the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Primary Care says it also lowers

your chance of getting hospitalized by 20%.

And then for children with chronic disease, the benefits were even more striking.

Dr. Morgan McDonald is the National Director for Population Health at Mill Bank Memorial Fund,

which co-funded the report.

She said one in three adults in the U.S. can't get primary care.

Lack of insurance can be a significant barrier.

Cost can be a barrier.

And the other barrier?

Only 5% of U.S. health care spending goes toward primary care.

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