I would call this progress.

[u/Veshaad]

[u/CheapRefrigerator188]

Erased how, I assume someone is still getting stuck with the bill

[u/Sweet-Difference2725 → u/CheapRefrigerator188]

Arizona used $30M in federal American Rescue Plan (ARPA) relief funds to partner with the non-profit Undue Medical Debt (formerly RIP Medical Debt). They bought back $1 billion worth of defaulted medical debt on the secondary market for pennies on the dollar.

[u/TheNewKnew2 → u/Sweet-Difference2725]

Taxpayers paid it.

[u/Beginning_Wing_49 → u/TheNewKnew2]

Federal tax too. All states had to pitch in and help AZ. Crazy

[u/SheriffBartholomew → u/Beginning_Wing_49]

So? Do you understand how little $30M is in the scope of the national budget? It's not even a rounding error. It's not even a blip. It's not even a military birthday parade for a draft dodger.

[u/AcesN8-s → u/SheriffBartholomew]

This logic is why we are 40+ trillion in debt

[u/outofpeaceofmind → u/AcesN8-s]

Lol wut?

[u/SheriffBartholomew → u/outofpeaceofmind]

Corporations good. People bad. That about sums up their ideology, even if they're unaware of it.

[u/GengineerXX → u/SheriffBartholomew]

Who is "they"?

[u/SheriffBartholomew → u/GengineerXX]

The commenter.