Governor J.B. Pritzker
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So that's $2 billion of medical debt we got rid of.
We should be doing that nationally.
We should be protecting people from these old debts that are, you know, they, you got into a car accident, you got sick, not your fault.
Things just happened.
An accident happened, something unexpected happened.
You shouldn't have to live the rest of your life with, you know, with
collectors call, you know, collection agencies calling your, your house or your credit rating going down.
So that's something we've taken care of in the state of Illinois.
And we're continuing to do here that we could do nationally and then junk feeds.
I mean, we all see it every time, you know, every time you buy a ticket to a game somewhere, or you even going to a restaurant or ordering something online, you see these little charges, uh,
that you never thought existed before.
And it's just sucking money out of your wallet.
We've got to stop that.
And we've got a bill right now before our legislature to do exactly that.
So one last thing, homeowners insurance and auto insurance.
Here in Illinois, one of the companies here announced they're raising homeowners insurance 27% this year.
Twenty seven percent.
Right.
That's seven hundred fifty dollars for some, you know, for for an average family in the in the state of Illinois.
Seven hundred fifty dollars.