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JB Pritzker: “We've eliminated $2 billion of people's medical debt for a…”

Featuring: JB Pritzker, Democratic | Governor of Illinois

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JB Pritzker Speaks at National Action Network Conference

Published | Video Starts at 11:28

Cook County, Illinois, the first county in the country to implement medical debt relief program. And then we took it statewide and now we've put two. We've eliminated $2 billion of people's medical debt for a million people in the state of Illinois. We've eliminated their medical debt. And you don't have to do anything to get it either. You just get a letter in the mail. We do it without you asking. (11:28–11:36)

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