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Philanthropy has an opportunity to find and invest in solutions to support the millions of households struggling at all phases of the medical debt lifecycle.

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October 15, 2019 Aspen FSP program manager Katherine Lucas McKay joins Matt Yglesias of Vox's "the Weeds" podcast to discuss the origins and consequences of America's ballooning student loan debt.