How Kamala Harris is tackling medical debt — with Roy Cooper’s help

The vice president’s work combating medical debt has received scant attention compared with her work advocating for abortion access and other priorities.

“Our estimates are that for someone in the U.S. who gets a new cancer diagnosis, about 40 percent of them deplete their life savings almost in the first two years of cancer care,” said Karen E. Knudsen, chief executive of the American Cancer Society.

The Washington Post - July 26, 2024