Medical Debt Special with Astra Taylor and Elizabeth Bruenig
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English - January 26, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 51.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 576 ratingsNews Government politics culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Finance editor Sparky Abraham is joined by contributing editor Eli Massey, activist and filmmaker Astra Taylor, and journalist Elizabeth Bruenig to discuss the American medical debt crisis—who's behind it, what's being done about it, and potential paths to eradicating it.
"Churches Step In Where Politicians Will Not": https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/opinion/covid-medical-debt-church-charity.html
"A Saint's Sins": https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/16/opinion/junipero-serra-catholic-saint.html
https://debtcollective.org/
This episode was edited by Dan Thorn of Pink Noise Studios in Somerville, MA.