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(Springfield, IL) -- Some Illinois residents could get their medical debt forgiven.
A new bill was signed into law last week that would see the state payoff the medical debt of people whose household income is below 400% of the federal poverty level, or have medical debt that totals more than 5% of their annual household income.
The state says that makes up 90-percent of Illinoisans with medical debt.
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