But you talked about, you know, states as a kind of a laboratory for democracy or a laboratory for policy. And indeed, that's what we've been doing here. You mentioned, for example, canceling medical debt. We eliminated billions of dollars in medical debt in this state for people who are up to three times the poverty level. And there are lots of people walking around with 1500 or 2000 or $3000 of medical debt, sometimes much more than that. (08:33–08:44)
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Asserts that Illinois eliminated billions in medical debt for low-income individuals.
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