This nonprofit aims to forgive Americans' medical debt
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Americans are drowning in medical debt, so this nonprofit is buying — and forgiving — it
Collectively, Americans owe nearly a trillion dollars of medical debt, and Congress is trying to figure out a policy response. But in the meantime, economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on an unusual non-profit’s effort to relieve the burden of medical debt for those in need.
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This nonprofit aims to forgive Americans' medical debt
Clip: 12/12/2019 | 9m 12sVideo has Closed Captions
Collectively, Americans owe nearly a trillion dollars of medical debt, and Congress is trying to figure out a policy response. But in the meantime, economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on an unusual non-profit’s effort to relieve the burden of medical debt for those in need.
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