Christmas is coming early this year for some families in Los Angeles County as letters arrive this week, letting people know their medical debt has been forgiven.
Some $363 million in medical debt, owed by 171,000 people, has been permanently erased since the county’s Medical Debt Relief Program began last year.
Allison Sesso, president and CEO of the nonprofit Undue Medical Debt, which is administering the program for the county, said the process is straightforward.
“There is no action an individual can take to buy this debt on their own, and there’s nothing anybody has to do to get this relief,” Sesso explained. “They just have to receive a letter and know that debt has been relieved, and they’re free and…