U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders released a plan on Saturday to elimin...
WASHINGTON - U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders released a plan on Saturday to eliminate $81 billion in Americans’ existing medical debt, going beyond his Democratic White House rivals and expanding on his signature proposal for a government-run health insurance system.
Studies show medical debt is the top cause of individual bankruptcies in the United States, and Sanders said one-in-six Americans have past-due medical bills that total $81 billion. Sanders had discussed the broad outline of the plan last month. It builds on his proposal for Medicare for All, a government-run healthcare insurance system based on the existing insurance program for Americans 65 and older, and follows a similar proposal from Sanders to wipe out Americans’ student debt.
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