“Sen. Bernie Sanders plans to release a new proposal to cancel $81 billion worth of medical debt Americans are struggling to pay off, adding to a suite of ideas that would represent the largest expansion of the nation’s social safety net in decades,” the Washington Post reports.
“The proposal, which the Vermont independent teased at a town hall event here Friday — his campaign is still formulating it — would spur the federal government to negotiate and pay off all past-due medical bills in collection that have been reported to credit agencies.”
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