ROSAMOND, Calif. Deborah Lewis rose from bed before dawn and signed in to her phone so she could begin delivering fast food, coffee and groceries to residents in this western patch of the Mojave Desert where test pilot Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier generations ago.
Inflation hasn’t hit Americans like this in decades. And families living with chronic diseases have little choice but to pay more for the medicine, supplies and food they need to stay healthy.