Denver city council members propose $300m medical debt relief plan for residents

Denver is now among more than two dozen cities, states or counties that are either abolishing medical debt or in talks to do so

Two Denver, Colorado, city council members have a simple proposal to put more money in their constituents' pockets: pay off their medical debt.

Council members Shontel Lewis and Sarah Parady want to use $3m in city funds to hopefully pay off $300m in medical debt, much of it accrued when residents got sick and visited a local hospital.