| Resolution Number: | 2022-A161 | |
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| Title: | Urge Purchase of Medical Debt in Local Communities | |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended | |
| Final Text: | ||
Resolved, That the 80th General Convention acknowledge that medical debt is a pervasive problem in the United States and that further burdening individuals in ill health with debt and financial ruin is symptomatic of a broken medical system; and be it further
Resolved, That the 80th General Convention direct Provinces, Dioceses, Congregations, and all other institutions of The Episcopal Church to consider purchasing the medical debt of local communities through the use of surplus funds and other monies allocated for outreach; and be it further
Resolved, That the 80th General Convention call upon the office of Governmental Relations to advocate for reforms to the medical debt system which encourage humane and ethical treatment of debtors.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Baltimore, 2022 (New York: General Convention, 2023), p. 474. |
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