Two non-profits in Ohio are settling some of the $220bn in US medical debt

Spouses of deceased Medicaid recipients report repayment demands for medical costs, trapping them in a cycle of debt

After her husband of 44 years died two years ago from Covid-19-related respiratory complications, Susan thought she could begin to grieve the loss of her best friend.

The cost of the medical care her husband incurred before he died, she was told, was not something she had to think about.