Some 1,700 people in Eastern Massachusetts should soon receive letters in the mail that their medical debt has been forgiven.
That’s because a national nonprofit, Undue Medical Debt, announced this week that it purchased the debt, estimated to be worth some $30 million, in its “largest single abolishment” in the state.
People who qualify for the debt forgiveness will receive a letter in the mail starting this month. The debt relief is automatic and residents don’t need to do anything to accept the help, the nonprofit said.
Allison Sesso, the president of
Undue Medical Debt
, announced her organization purchased the debt with the help of the
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