HEALTHJun 23 · 16:46 UTCWTOP DCWTOP Staff

Michigan forgives $200M in medical debt

Michigan forgave $200 million in medical debt for roughly 280,000 residents through a state program, with $74 million erased in the latest round for 71,871 individuals. The initiative, a bipartisan effort to protect patients from collections, partners with Undue Medical Debt, a nonprofit that buys unpaid medical debt in bulk for pennies on the dollar.

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