Daily News | Millions more Americans have medical debt than student debt. Where’s their relief?
; 30% say they had trouble paying medical bills in the last 12 months, compared to 19% of non-LGBTQ people.
What’s more, ironically, medical debt makes you sick. A 2022 study from the Journal of the American Medical Association found that people with medical debt werePresident Biden’s son Beau died of an aggressive brain cancer in 2015. Sen.earlier this year. Several House members have been battling cancer publicly, like Rep. Jamie Raskin . And Sen.
Everyone is on the student loan debt bandwagon, but medical debt has no advocates seeking a work-around for millions of struggling Americans — not even politicians who have faced serious health crises themselves., even as the treatment was working for her. I inherited her medical debt, as do many family members when a sick loved one dies. Whom do I or anyone facing this crushing debt turn to for help? It’s past time we get this conversation started. Millions of Americans are waiting.
Victoria A. Brownworth is a Philadelphia journalist and writer. Her coverage of the 2022 monkeypox outbreak won first place for series reporting from the National Newspaper Association earlier this month. She is also the 2023 recipient of the Sarah Petit Memorial Journalist of the Year Award from the NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists.
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