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End Medical Debt: Curing America's $1 Trillion Unpayable Healthcare Debt
End Medical Debt Curing America's 1 Trillion Unpayable Healthcare Debt Author:Jerry Ashton, Robert Goff, Craig Antico Have you ever heard the one about the progressive, the moderate and the conservative bill collectors who walked into a charity? Well, they founded RIP Medical Debt, which since 2014 has forgiven close to $1 billion in medical debt. in America. Indeed, amid all the urgent debates over U.S. healthcare costs and coverage, we have overlooked the dev... more »astating personal and social impact of unpaid and unpayable medical debt.
These former debt collectors have written End Medical Debt as a pragmatic "big picture" look at America's healthcare system, which has produced an estimated $1 trillion in devastating medical debt. From their three distinct viewpoints, the authors take a realistic look at our possible solutions, such as debt forgiveness, repealing or dismantling the Affordable Care Act, insurance reform, Medicare-for-All, and setting legal limits on medical debt.
The three authors -- Jerry Ashton, Robert Goff and Craig Antico -- agree on the economic causes. They disagree on the solutions. Well, all solutions save their one simple act of charity: Abolish uncollectible medical debt by buying it and forgiving it as a tax-exempt nonprofit. They see debt forgiveness as a necessary, but not sufficient, interim solution until we can agree on a better system for providing healthcare in the USA. End Medical Debt is an important step in that direction.« less