NYC joins a growing wave of local governments erasing residents' medical debt

This week, New York City pledged to pay down $2 billion worth of residents' medical debt. In doing so, it has come around to an innovation that started in with local governments in the Midwest, and is ridding millions of Americans of health care debt. The idea emerged a couple of years ago in Cook…

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