Most support medical debt forgiveness: Survey

Most respondents in a new survey said they support the U.S. government forgiving medical debt.

According to the poll, conducted by the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated Press/NORC Research Center, 81 percent of respondents said medical debt forgiveness is important.

Just over 50 percent of respondents said relieving medical debt is extremely or very important — notably a higher percentage than those who said the same for student loan debt...