White House hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Saturday previewed his upcoming plan to cancel all past due medical debt.
Sanders, who will unveil the plan in full next month, has made the country’s health care system costs a focal point of his progressive policy proposals.
Sanders's plan would cancel $81 billion in existing past-due medical debt, repeal parts of the 2005 Bankruptcy reform bill and ensure that unpaid medical bills do not impact one’s credit score. Sanders has hit the 2005 bill for eliminating "fundamental consumer protections," accusing the bill of making it difficult for Americans to pay back medical debt by imposing stringent means tests.
