About 67,000 Kentuckians have now had a combined $153 million in medical debt erased, Gov. Andy Beshear’s office announced Oct. 29. The latest round wiped out about $50 million for roughly 22,000 residents, and those people should expect a letter in the mail around the week of Nov. 9, according to the governor’s release.
No one had to apply. Eligible residents are identified automatically, and the state says relief cannot be requested. The Team Kentucky Medical Debt Relief Program, created by an executive order Beshear signed Sept. 15, aims to erase $250 million in debt for about 130,000 people.
For a family carrying an old hospital or emergency room bill, the practical question is whether one of those…