I agree, getting rid of medical debt is great but it doesn’t fix the underlying issue: unaffordable healthcare, especially for people with disabilities and chronic illnesses.
Some provisions in the affordable care act such as preventing insurers from not covering someone based on pre-existing conditions have helped reduce medical debt. Ideally, I would like to see a universal healthcare or a medicare for all type of model so that everyone can get the coverage that they need. There is a lot of data about how expanding medicare in different states has saved lives, resulted in less emergency room visits, etc.
I agree, getting rid of medical debt is great but it doesn’t fix the underlying issue: unaffordable healthcare, especially for people with disabilities and chronic illnesses.
Some provisions in the affordable care act such as preventing insurers from not covering someone based on pre-existing conditions have helped reduce medical debt. Ideally, I would like to see a universal healthcare or a medicare for all type of model so that everyone can get the coverage that they need. There is a lot of data about how expanding medicare in different states has saved lives, resulted in less emergency room visits, etc.