Councilman Bobby Wilson (District 1) proudly announced that more than $58 million in medical debt has been abolished for over 43,000 Pittsburgh residents, thanks to a partnership between the City of Pittsburgh and national nonprofit Undue Medical Debt (formerly RIP Medical Debt). This milestone follows legislation introduced and passed by Councilman Wilson in 2023, which authorized the City to contract with the nonprofit to identify and erase qualifying medical debt held by Pittsburghers.
The eligibility requirements for the health care debt relief stated that individuals must be residents of the City of Pittsburgh. They also had to meet at least one of the following two criteria: (1) have a household income between…