PHOENIX — Owe a lot of money in medical debt?
If you’re eligible, it could be wiped out. And you won’t even know about it until after it’s done.
It’s all part of a year-old program where Gov. Katie Hobbs set aside $10 million in COVID funds to Undue Medical Debt, which leverages donations like that from governments and private donors to buy up unpaid debt from collection agencies and hospitals.
So far, according to the governor’s office, the charity, having already used or been allocated $2 million of that, has erased $429 million in medical bills owed by about 352,000 state residents. Overall, estimates are that by the time the state’s money runs out, it could wipe out $2 billion of medical debt for…