Over 210,000 Michigan residents will get financial assistance from a new partnership intended to forgive their outstanding medical debt.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and others made the announcement Thursday, saying that the first round of debt forgiveness under this plan will assist over 210,000 individuals with clearing over $144 million in medical debt.
“Medical debt affects our friends, neighbors, and families, making it harder to get a job, put food on the table, or access medical care,” Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II said in his statement. “Today’s forgiveness of over $144 of medical debt will help over 200,000 Michiganders in communities across our state move forward with their lives.”