$170,000,000 in Free Money Coming to 140,000+ Massachusetts Residents To Pay Off Medical Debt
More than 140,000 Massachusetts residents are having medical debt partially paid or completely wiped out through a nonprofit initiative that will eliminate over $100 million in unpaid healthcare bills.
Atrius Health Equity Foundation is teaming up with Undue Medical Debt and the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association to erase $170 million in unpaid medical debt in the Bay State, reports The Sun.
According to the organizations, letters began arriving in mailboxes around July 7th, notifying eligible residents that some or all of their outstanding medical debt would be paid off.
The initiative is the largest medical debt cancellation effort ever carried out in Massachusetts.
Individual debt forgiveness ranges from about $50 to as much as $450,000, and recipients do not need to submit an application or take any additional steps to receive the relief.
The organizations say they identified eligible residents using financial criteria rather than an application process.
The program primarily targets low- and moderate-income residents in Eastern Massachusetts.
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