How to navigate the challenges of medical debt
More than 52,000 Illinois residents have been relieved of $72 million of medical debt under a state pilot program that debuted in 2024. Andrew Campbell/Capitol News Illinois
Americans owe more than $220 billion dollars in medical debt, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Illinois has launched a medical debt relief program aimed at alleviating some of the burden.The VP of a national non-profit that worked with the state on the program as well as the host of a podcast that focuses on the rising costs of health care join the program.
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Dan Weissmann
Host and Executive Producer, An Arm and a Leg Podcast
Eva Stahl
Vice President of Public Policy and Program Management, Undue Medical Debt