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Cook County Tried to Rid People of Medical Debt, but, for Many, Help Comes Too Late

COOK COUNTY — The day before Christmas eve in 2023, Andrew Ciaccio was up all night trying to soothe his stomach pains.  When he woke, he could barely sit up. Something was wrong.  “It was pretty intense,” he recalled. “I was vomiting and really sweating and really feverish and just really in rough shape. [I] […]

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