Wayne County wipes out $27 million in medical debt

ECU Health partners with nonprofit to help eliminate medical debt
ECU Health and the national nonprofit “Undue Medical Debt” announced an initiative that will help eliminate more than $186 million worth of past-due hospital medical debt. This collaboration pre-dates North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ medical debt relief initiative which spans across all hospitals in the state and lays
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Wayne County wipes out $27 million in medical debt for 46,000 residents
To date, Wayne County has invested $5 million as part of the collaboration and aims to erase $700 million in medical debt. The county says an additional $2 million could be added in the future if it is needed, and on average, $1 donated to the nonprofit helps relieve $100 in medical debt.
Detroit Evening Report: Wayne County eliminates $27M in medical debt for 46,000 residents
Wayne County announced today that it has eliminated $27 million in outstanding medical debt for more than 46,000 county residents.
Nearly 23,000 state residents have $30M in medical debt wiped out
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L.A. County canceling $2 billion in medical debt starting today
If you’re one of the hundreds of thousands of Los Angeles County residents with medical debt, you may be in luck. The county’s medical debt relief program begins Tuesday, months after a Department of Public Health report found that about one in 10 county residents has medical debt,
$27M in medical debt eliminated for 46K Michigan residents
Thousands of Wayne County’s poorest residents will have their medical debt forgiven this holiday season thanks to the charitable efforts of a national nonprofit. Debt totaling $27 million is being forgiven for more than 46,
Wayne County eliminates $27 million debt for more than 46,000 residents
Wayne County announced Wednesday that $27 million in outstanding medical debt will be erased for more than 46,000 residents. The county's Department of Health, Human & Veteran Services said that the debt came from a local hospital,
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