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Relieving the growing burden of medical debt
Good morning! I’m Molly Castle Work, a KFF Health News correspondent based in Los Angeles. Local officials here in the most populous U.S. county have voted to use taxpayer funds to buy up and retire medical debt, an idea that is catching on. Got a tip? …