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Medical debt

Debra Smith, 57, sorts through her medical bills in her living room on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, in Spring Hill, Tenn.

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Medical debt

Debra Smith, 57, sorts through her medical bills in her living room on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, in Spring Hill, Tenn.

Mark Zaleski/AP

Illinois families are drowning in medical debt, study shows

New research shows the devastating impact of medical debt on low-income immigrant and Black communities in the state.

Debra Smith, 57, sorts through her medical bills in her living room on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, in Spring Hill, Tenn.

Mark Zaleski/AP

   

A new report details the financial and emotional toll medical debt is having on Illinois families. Meanwhile, a proposed state law could be a win-win for both debt-burdened patients and the hospitals that treat them.

Reset digs into the problem and possible solution with two of the folks behind the report.

GUESTS: Luvia Quinones, senior director of at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR)

Carrie Chapman, senior director of litigation and advocacy at Legal Council for Health Justice

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