medical debt, Illinois

52,000 Illinois residents to get medical debt forgiveness letters
Illinois has eliminated $72 million in medical debt for over 52,000 residents through the Medical Debt Relief Pilot Program, which is part of a larger initiative to eliminate approximately $1 billion in medical debt statewide.
As Pritzker pledged, Illinois begins canceling medical debt for residents
More than $72 million worth of debt has been forgiven as part of the governor's plan to ultimately cancel $1 billion in medical debt for Illinoisans.
City of St. Paul will eliminate medical debt for 32,000 residents
In all, St. Paul will spend $1.1 million, funded by the American Rescue Plan, to erase $110 million of medical debt city wide. But it's stories like Myers that motivate St. Paul and state leaders to do more. "There's no reason why this should stop at St. Paul," Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said.
St. Paul, Fairview and nonprofit wipe out $37 million in medical debt for 32,000 residents
More than 32,000 St. Paul residents with unpaid medical debt ranging from $268 to more than $272,000 have had their debt erased, thanks to a city partnership with Fairview Health Services and Undue Medical Debt.
St. Paul wipes out nearly $40M in medical debt for residents
Around 32,000 residents in St. Paul are expected to soon find a surprise notice in the mail announcing they've received medical debt relief from the city. St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter on Tuesday announced the city has purchased and completely wiped out nearly $40 million in medical debt.
City eliminates $100 million in medical debt for unsuspecting community members
The city of St. Paul has announced that it will eliminate $100 million in unpaid medical debt for its residents, and those being offered relief will soon receive notices, as they don’t have to apply.

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More than $72 million in medical debt relief announced for Illinoisans
This is the first step of the The State of Illinois' Medical Debt Relief Pilot Program’s commitment to erase $1 billion in ...
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AG Campbell wants to ban medical debt from affecting credit scores
Attorney General Andrea Campbell wants Massachusetts to prohibit health care providers from reporting medical debt to credit ...
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Thousands of Illinois residents to have medical debt erased; Will County sees highest relief numbers
Illinois residents will soon start receiving notifications that their medical debts have been erased as part of the state’s ...
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Pritzker Announces $72 Million Medical Debt Relief For 52,000 In State
CHICAGO- The State of Illinois’ Medical Debt Relief Pilot Program has relieved more than $72 million worth of medical debt ...
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter announces $40 million in citywide medical debt relief via Fairview, nonprofit partnership
When St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter announced last year that he would dedicate $1.1 million in federal COVID relief aid to ...
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Gov. Pritzker announces $72M in medical debt relief for over 52,000 Illinoisans
The State of Illinois’ Medical Debt Relief Pilot Program has relieved more than $72 million worth of medical debt for 52,745 ...
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Illinois medical debt relief program erases $72M of debt thus far
More than 52,000 Illinois residents have been relieved of $72 million of medical debt under a state pilot program that ...
CMS’s Medical Debt Relief Will Worsen Medical Debt
CMS’s debt relief approach, devoid of accountability to taxpayers and riddled with harmful incentives, will worsen medical ...
The bigger N.J. hospitals get, the harder it is for people to escape medical debt
More New Jersey hospitals are becoming members of large health systems and that’s raising prices and medical debt for ...