"Nearly 2 million Ohioans have medical debt, and as the Covid-19 pandemic shut down the economy, local politicians were worried about this debt pushing people deeper in poverty. This isn't vanity debt," Kris Harsh of the Cleveland City Council told me.
"With all that in mind," he told me, "it's unsurprising that almost anyone is one accident or illness away from financial crisis," emphasizing the widespread vulnerability due to medical debt.
Kamala Harris announced a plan for federal medical debt forgiveness, stating, "No one should go bankrupt just because they had the misfortune of becoming sick or hurt."
Ohio is ranked 44th among the 50 states for 'health value', meaning residents 'live less healthy lives and spend more on health care than people in most other states.'
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