SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) – The Pritzker administration says Illinois has helped eliminate more than $1.4 billion in medical debt for roughly 700,000 people across the state. Illinois leaders set an initial goal of erasing $1 billion in medical debt while spending less than $10 million in state funds.
Each state dollar invested in the debt relief program erases over $100 in medical debt. Gov. JB Pritzker said this initiative has eliminated over $300 million of medical debt since February alone.
“In a healthy, functioning society, no one should fall into financial ruin simply because they get sick,” Pritzker said Thursday. “Yet, far too many Illinoisans are saddled with the financial burden of an unexpected illness or injury. Now,…