I disagree. All debt, no matter what caused it, should be considered before a person takes on another loan or credit card.
The problem with medical debt is you don’t know what you are paying for.
If car loans were done the same as hospital bills you would be paying triple what you are now. And you wouldn’t have any idea of the total cost. If any other type of loan you could get was done the same way as medical debt they would be arrested for fraud.
Not to mention how much of medical debt is actually paying for the uninsured who are free riders.