These church members disagree on politics. Together they're wiping out medical debt

Trinity Moravian Church, a politically diverse congregation in Winston-Salem, N. C., has been raising money to retire medical debt in the surrounding community. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Few issues are more divisive than healthcare. Politicians use that to great effect. But it turns out Americans agree on a lot when it comes to healthcare. That is the subject of a new project with our partner, KFF Health News. It's a series called Common Ground. Reporter Noam Levey visited a church in North Carolina. NOAM LEVEY: There are some issues, like immigration or student loans, too divisive to unite the members of Trinity Moravian Church in Winston-Salem. JOHN JACKMAN: We've got quite a spread of political beliefs. It's definitely a purple congregation. LEVEY: That's Reverend John Jackman. He leads this 114-year-old church. It's near the city's old textile mills. Four years ago, he suggested a campaign to pay off medical debt for people in the wider Winston-Salem community. JACKMAN: This is the easiest money I've ever raised. All I do is tell people what we're doing, and they write me a check. LEVEY: Congregation member Catherine Coe says there's a reason for that. She works in the accounting department at a big hospital system. CATHERINE COE: I see people going into debt every minute of every day. We're all just one medical bill away from financial ruin. LEVEY: Coe describes herself as a conservative. She voted for President Trump. …