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Tim Walz: “We've taken on medical debt, preventing it from impacting…”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz delivers State of the State address 4/28/26

Published | Video Starts at 15:00

Meanwhile, we invested over a billion dollars in housing, a historic investment. That is a historic investment that you made making housing more affordable and our economic foundation more secure. In communities all across the state, We've taken on medical debt, preventing it from impacting credit scores, stopping medical providers from denying care due to old unpaid bills. and we eliminated automatically transferring that debt onto a surviving spouse. We've attacked junk fees that hide in the fine print, and we even cracked down on everyday annoyances like fraudulent ticket sales. (15:00–15:11)

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