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This week’s newsletter explores solutions to address the impact of medical debt on individuals and communities. First, a look at how healthcare debt deepens inequities and should be eliminated—a feature from NPQ’s Winter 2022 magazine, “New Narratives for Health: Evolving a Culture of Healing for All.” Next, a snapshot of medical debt’s ripple effects in Texas and Wisconsin. We then explore a model in Chicago where churches are taking on medical debt for their communities. Lastly, we encourage you to subscribe today for access to more health justice content in our winter issue and newsletter.
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To fully protect people across the nation from bills they can’t afford to pay, policy-makers and advocates will also have to take on the elephant in the room: The United States has the most expensive healthcare system in the world, yet for all we pay, it is failing to deliver safe, affordable, and efficient care—across multiple dimensions. Read more…
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Communities of color are disproportionately impacted by medical debt, particularly in states where those communities already face barriers to healthcare access. Read more…
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In Chicago, five churches partner with RIP Medical Debt, a national nonprofit, to forgive $5.3 million in medical debt burdening South and West Side neighborhoods. Read more…
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