Should the U.S. government cancel Americans' medical debt?
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Cancelling debt -- whether health, education, or otherwise -- sets a dangerous precedent. We're responsible for our debts. Do, though, address the reasons people get into medical debt in the first place.
I take it you're unfamiliar with the Jubilee system (and how its abandonment by the Romans was one of the most ruinous events in the history of civilization)?
I am unfamiliar with that… I’ll look it up!
if you picked "only for low-income families," where's the cutoff, someone making $45k with cancer bills versus someone making $46k with the same bills?