{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"End Veteran Medical Debt","description":"It is a misconception that our veterans receive free or affordable healthcare. As much as $6 Billion in veteran and military medical debt is burdening our bravest.  https:\/\/endveterandebt.org\/ is the parent initiative Jerry Ashton\u2019s group of several campaigns to mitigate the harms that can impact veterans including risk of suicide, unemployment, addiction, and poor health.   https:\/\/endveterandebt.org\/campaigns. One campaign that this report focuses on is the campaign to End Veteran Medical Debt. Ways you can support this campaign are detailed. They include Signing a petition, contacting your congressperson, and following on Facebook and Twitter. Jerry\u2019s group has been also working for years on retiring medical debt for the general public with RIP Medical Debt.org. To date, that initiative has retired about $10 Billion in medical debt; erasing that burden from the lives of 7 million americans.  Duration:13:35  Recorded 2023-11-09   Our published content is on our podcast host http:\/\/democracycast.libsyn.com    Send Listener feedback by sending an email to:    democracycast@earthlink.net    More Social Media Links for Democracy Watch News   http:\/\/www.DemocracyWatchNews.org    https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwatchnews?lang=en  Account Suspended    https:\/\/facebook.com\/dwatchnews     https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/democracywatchnews\/    https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/35464830    https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCRhWxBiRG-01eLS9A_vlVuA    We also augment the news on Twitter globally Asia-Eastern Augments\/covers news for West Asia, North Africa & Central Asia #democracy #HumanRights #PressFreedom #environment #OpenGov Asia-Pacific Augments\/covers news for South & SE Asia, & The Pacific  #HumanRights #PressFreedom #Environment #OpenGov #News #East Europe Augments\/covers news throughout Europe  #Democracy #HumanRights #PressFreedom #PublicPolicy #MediaEthics #environment #transparency International  Augments\/covers news for more than 190 countries each month.  An independent-global news-service, Democracy Watch News covers #democracy #HumanRights #NonviolentConflict #PressFreedom #journalism #mediaEthics #Environment. Latin America & South Atlantic Augments\/covers news for Latin America & South Atlantic. #HumanRights #OpenGov #PressFreedom #NonviolentConflict #Environment in #SouthAmerica #Caribbean #CentralAmerica. North America Augments\/covers news for USA Canada Mexico and the North Pacific. #Mexico #Canada #USA stories\/events affecting #democracy #humanrights #journalism #opengov #environment. Sub Saharan Africa Augments\/covers news for Sub Saharan Africa #News #WestAfrica #CentralAfrica #EastAfrica #SouthernAfrica #HumanRights #PressFreedom #Environment     Our production team and theme music    Democracy Watch News is currently produced by volunteers. Please donate,  we are now a 501c3 charitable nonprofit in the USA. Donations are tax deductible.     Please share with your networks.   Spanish Credits   Nuestro contenido publicado en nuestro host de podcast http:\/\/democracycast.libsyn.com    Env\u00ede los comentarios de los oyentes enviando un correo electr\u00f3nico a: democracycast@earthlink.net    http:\/\/www.DemocracyWatchNews.org  https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwatchnews?lang=en    https:\/\/facebook.com\/dwatchnews    https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/democracywatchnews\/  https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/35464830  https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCRhWxBiRG-01eLS9A_vlVuA    Nuestro equipo de producci\u00f3n y tema musical https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1rnPeRDB3JTrr80N_NlLmUM7nEzrRejw8-5qFYd45W5M\/edit?usp=sharing   Actualmente, Democracy Watch News es producido por voluntarios. Por favor, done en https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate?hosted_button_id=FQZHMRJUTN5XU  Ahora somos una organizaci\u00f3n ben\u00e9fica sin fines de lucro 501c3. Las donaciones son deducibles de impuestos.    Por favor comparte con tus redes.   ","author_name":"Democracycast","author_url":"http:\/\/democracywatchnews.org\/","html":"