“Washington might not have a plan for medical debt relief, but Toledo, Ohio does.”
, but one Ohio city council is determined to use its limited powers to change people’s financial lives by wiping away millions in medical debt.passed a new proposal on Wednesday“Medical debt is the number one reason why people go into bankruptcy,” Toledo councilperson Dr. Michele Grim, who led the effort, told BuzzFeed News. “A lot of people who have medical debt struggle to put food on the table, avoid going to the hospital, or pay their utilities.
passed by Chicago and the wider Illinois Cook County in July. The Illinois plan hopes to erase $1 billion in debt using RIP Medical Debt, using the $12 million in federal funding provided to them.
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