About 27,000 Massachusetts residents – including some on Nantucket – will see all or part of their medical debt erased as part of a nonprofit effort to tackle widespread financial strain.
Just over $42 million in debt will be automatically eliminated under a partnership between Atrius Health Equity Foundation, national nonprofit Undue Medical Debt and the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association. Bay Staters did not apply for the relief, but were selected if their medical debt is at least 5 percent of their annual income or if they earn at or below four times the federal poverty level, the foundation said Monday.
“Debt relief for tens of thousands of burdened families is a powerful respite, and we’re eager to continue working with…