If you get a letter in the mail in the next week or so that says some or all of your medical debt has been erased, it’s part of a state initiative.
Gov. Ned Lamont said letters are being mailed to more than 100,000 Connecticut residents this week.
The state partnered with the nonprofit Undue Medical Debt and this is part of the second round of the initiative.
There is no application process for this relief and you cannot request it.
To be eligible, Connecticut patients must have income at or below four times the federal poverty level or have medical debt that is 5% or more of their income.
The governor’s office said that the current federal poverty level is an annual income at or below $32,150 for a family…
