PBS NewsHour. Americans are drowning in medical debt, so this nonprofit is buying -- and forgiving -- it /

Collectively, Americans owe nearly a trillion dollars of medical debt, and Congress is trying to figure out a policy response. But in the meantime, economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on an unusual non-profit's effort to relieve the burden of medical debt for those in need.

Bibliographic Details
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Arlington, VA : NewsHour Productions LLC, 2019.
Series:	Academic Video Online
Subjects:	Medical care, Cost of > United States. Debt relief > United States. Nonprofit organizations > United States. Soins médicaux > Coût > États-Unis. Associations sans but lucratif > États-Unis. Debt relief. Medical care, Cost of. Nonprofit organizations. United States. Television news programs. Téléjournaux.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	Collectively, Americans owe nearly a trillion dollars of medical debt, and Congress is trying to figure out a policy response. But in the meantime, economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on an unusual non-profit's effort to relieve the burden of medical debt for those in need.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed February 13, 2020).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (7 minutes)
Playing Time:	00:06:34