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Stephen Starr in Clark county. Ohio

Two non-profits in Ohio are settling some of the $220bn in US medical debt

a person holds a sign that reads 'medical debt is unjust medicare for all now'
A protest against medical debt in Washington DC in 2021. Photograph: Probal Rashid/LightRocket/Getty Images

After her husband of 44 years died two years ago from Covid-19-related respiratory complications, Susan thought she could begin to grieve the loss of her best friend.

The cost of the medical care her husband incurred before he died, she was told, was not something she had to think about.

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