Nearly 70,000 Massachusetts residents will be able to breathe a little easier this week when $38 million of medical debt is wiped out thanks to a partnership among multiple nonprofits, the groups said.
In a statement released last week, the group Undue Medical Debt said its debt-slashing collaboration with the Atrius Health Equity Foundation and the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association is set to bring relief to tens of thousands with outstanding balances.
”[N]early 70,000 Massachusetts residents are receiving over $38 million in direct medical debt relief,” the groups said, adding that the initiative has erased “more than $293 million since it started in 2024.”
Those receiving relief are primarily low- and moderate-income…