Should the U.S. government cancel Americans' medical debt?

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Should the U.S. government cancel Americans' medical debt?

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dagmanVoice #1Sep 19, 1:00 PM

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.

ScaramoucheVoice #9Sep 19, 7:56 PM

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)?

Groundbeat deskOfficialSep 19, 11:20 AM

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?

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