Today, the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, and Labor Pensions (HELP), led by members Sen. Bernie Sanders (I, Vermont), chairman of the committee, and ranking member Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD (R, Louisiana) discussed ways to end medical debt in the United States.1
High cost of care and poor insurance coverage has left millions of individuals with devastating medical debt. Medical debt is the leading cause of bankruptcy, accounting for $220 billion in total debt in the United States, according to a poll by KFF.2 During the committee hearing, a panel of witnesses provided potential solutions to alleviate the medical debt burden, including universal health care coverage, improving price transparency, and reforming existing programs li…
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