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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Cora Lewis and Linley Sanders

Majority of Americans favor forgiving medical debt, AP-NORC poll finds

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Janille Williams wants to buy a house someday — but first, he has to pay down tens of thousands of dollars in medical debt.

“I was hospitalized for a blood infection for three months more than ten years ago, and the bill was for more than $300,000,” said Williams, 38, a Fairbanks, Alaska, resident who works as a retail sales manager for AT&T. “I was in the middle of changing jobs, the only time in my life I haven’t had health insurance.”

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