In this Oct. 31, 2018 photo students of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and the SIU School of Medicine participate in a poverty simulation at the campus in Carbondale, Ill. Students in the two programs were assigned to experience life as impoverished senior citizens, as part of a School of Medicine "poverty simulation." They were joined by about 80 other Carbondale-based physician residents, physician assistant students and students from other public health majors at SIU, as they stepped into the shoes of low-income American families, struggling to navigate life on a limited budget. (Gabe Neely Streit/The Southern, via AP)/
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