State’s $10M investment concludes with $1.6 billion in total debt abolished for over 900,000 New Jerseyans since program launch
TRENTON — In the final phase of its statewide Medical Debt Relief Initiative, Governor Phil Murphy’s administration announced that approximately 60,000 New Jersey residents will see $100 million in medical debt erased. The relief is part of an ongoing public-private partnership with national nonprofit Undue Medical Debt, funded by the American Rescue Plan. This announcement was made on the last day of Governor Murphy’s time in office.
This eighth and final round brings the program’s cumulative totals to approximately $1.6 billion in medical debt abolished for more than 907,500 residents since the…