PBS News Hour

This nonprofit aims to forgive Americans' medical debt

Collectively, Americans owe nearly a trillion dollars of medical debt, and Congress is trying to figure out a policy response. But in the meantime, economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on an unusual non-profit’s effort to relieve the burden of medical debt for those in need.

This nonprofit aims to forgive Americans' medical debt

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