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Jared Walker

Founder and Executive Director of Dollar For, a nonprofit that helps patients eliminate medical debt by accessing hospital charity care programs.

Aug 3, 2026

43:09
Mm
43:09
... um, income tax and changing that to make it make more sense in 2026.
43:13
We talked about a wealth tax, um, and asking, uh, particularly people with $100 million in the bank or billionaires to pay ... slightly more, basically a rounding error so we can, you know, have healthcare- Mm-hmm ... and hospitals and things that we need to function.
43:29
Um, one other thing that we're looking at right now is our inheritance tax, um, situation.
43:34
Mm-hmm.
43:35
Because Canada is the only country in the, in the G8 or G7 that does not have an inheritance tax.
43:41
Right.
45:00
Yeah
JoelHOST
6:47
Mm.
6:47
And, you know, I'm like 24 at the time and just this is, like, my first run-in with the US healthcare system, frustrated at that, that's the reality.
6:56
Like, when you have a big or, or even a small medical emergency, um, it usually turns out to be a, a financial emergency for a lot of people.
7:04
And, um, I wanted to help people in that situation, so I started, uh, really just, like, crowdfunding, basic crowdfunding.
7:12
Would do these small events.
7:13
Um, you mentioned, uh, you know, beer.
7:17
Uh, [laughs] we, we did, uh, tons of events at all the breweries in Portland.

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JoelHOST
33:20
And that's their attempt to get it off their books and get you out of their face.

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