During her acceptance speech Thursday night, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris addressed the exorbitant cost of health care in the United States.
“As president, I will bring together labor and workers and small-business owners and entrepreneurs and American companies to create jobs, to grow our economy and to lower the cost of everyday needs like health care and housing and groceries,” Harris said at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
One of the foremost issues Americans think about when it comes to health care costs is medical debt, which Harris has vowed to eliminate for millions of Americans.
Nearly 1 in 12 adults in the U.S. have medical debt, according to a recent poll from KFF, a nonprofit group that researches health policy issues. Nearly 3 in 4 adults say they’re worried about paying for an unexpected medical bill.
Harris hasn’t yet released many details about her strategy to wipe out medical debt, …
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