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Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna reveal bill aimed at eliminating medical debt (www.theguardian.com)
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Exclusive: legislation would create a program to cancel all existing patient debt and block creditors from collecting past medical bills

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[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You have no idea how stupid this “gotcha” phrase sounds to literally everyone who isn’t from the US my guy.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This isn't a proposal to have the government pay for medical care. It appears to be a proposal to have nobody pay for medical care.