The program is two years old.
Springfield, IL (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – Medical debt in Illinois is not just an economic crisis – it’s a public health crisis.
“People who have medical debt are three times as likely to struggle with depression and anxiety. We know that medical debt disproportionately affects Black and Latino residents,” said State Sen. Mike Simmons (pictured) (D-Chicago), who sponsored the bill creating a medical debt relief program, which he called “an extraordinary, life-changing, and literally life-saving program.”
Simmons, at a statehouse news conference celebrated a pair of milestones: in its first two years, the program has wiped out more than $1 billion in debt for more than 500,000…