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/Associated Press
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/Associated Press

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

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/Associated Press
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/Associated Press

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