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Podcast: In the Loop with Sasha-Ann Simons
Episode: Half A Million Cook County Residents’ Medical Debt Has Been Erased
Description: In 2022, Cook County announced its partnership with Undue Medical Debt, a nonprofit that buys old uncollectable bills from hospitals and forgives it. Since then, over half a million people have had their medical debts erased – wiping out a more than $664-million burden on residents.
Reset learns more from WBEZ's health care reporter Kristen Schorsch; Cook County deputy chief of staff for health Matt Richards; and Dan Weissmann, host and executive producer of An Arm and a Leg podcast.
For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.