The vice president’s work combating medical debt has received scant attention compared with her work advocating for abortion access and other priorities.
Vice President Harris has spent more than two years helping steer federal efforts to relieve the burden of medical debt — an initiative the likely Democratic nominee is touting as her presidential campaign takes shape.
The primacy of the issue was evident as recently as Wednesday, when Harris spoke to a national sorority convention in Indianapolis.“We believe in a future where the economy works for working people,” Harris said. “We are finally making it so that medical debt can no longer be used against your credit score.”
Some researchers have concluded that reducing or eliminating medical debt may have little impact on individual behavior and finances, noting that many Americans rarely repay long-lasting medical debt.to Congress this month that federal initiatives such as removing medical debt from credit reports could have “relatively muted” effects, and he cautioned against taking additional steps to change how medical debt is treated.
Cooper, who The Post has reported is being vetted by the Harris campaign as her potential running mate, declined to comment on the prospect of joining Harris’s presidential ticket. Democrats’ efforts to crack down on medical debt have drawn some criticism from the financial services industry and parts of the health system, worried about unintended consequences.
“We really see that medical debt bears some eerie similarities to the run-up in student debt over a decade ago,” he said, warning that both create a “domino effect” that can harm other financial decisions.
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