Gov. Pritzker wants to get rid of medical debt for 1M people – CBS2 (Chicago)

During his budget address, the governor proposed eliminating $4 billion of medical debt for more than one million people in Illinois. Loyola Medicine had already announced it was forgiving $112 million in medical debt, helping more than 60,000 people in Illinois.
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Leaving Soon, just not soon enough
2 years ago

No one in Illinois should pay their own bills, taxes included.
Let someone else pay them, who cares who it is as long it is not me.
Do not pay medical or student loans, rent, utility or any other kind of bill.

Fed up neighbor
2 years ago

Another attempt to buy votes from poc

Dan543
2 years ago

Will these beneficiaries of OUR largesse be 1099’d and incur the tax liability?

Admin
2 years ago
Reply to  Dan543

Great question. A 1099 should be for the full value of the initial claim, not the small fraction thereof paid by the state to buy the claim.

Freddy
2 years ago

Why did I even waste my time buying health insurance?
Why did some people pay off their student loans by working extra jobs and do without many things?
Why bother working when guaranteed income is now handed out?

sue
2 years ago
Reply to  Freddy

So the people doing this BS can stay in power to keep doing this!!

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