WAYNE COUNTY, Mich. – The Wayne County Department of Health, Human, and Veteran Services announced that $27 million in outstanding medical debt is being erased for more than 46,000 residents.
This debt relief is possible due to a partnership between the county and the nonprofit Undue Medical Debt.
“Since we first announced this new program in March of this year, a program designed to wipe out more than $700 million in medical debt, I am extremely pleased to see the program’s success thus far in helping so many of our residents in need,” said Wayne County Executive Warren C. Evans in a release. “These resources will help to eliminate the stress they have been under as they juggle how to pay for crushing hospital bills while…
