CINCINNATI (WKRC) – Cincinnati leaders on Monday announced the results of a pilot medical debt relief program that has significantly impacted nearly one-third of the city’s population.
The initiative, part of Mayor Aftab Pureval’s Financial Freedom Blueprint, aimed to address the city’s wealth gap by eliminating medical debt. The city allocated $1.45 million to the program, which successfully paid off nearly $220 million in medical debt citywide.
Lois Faye of Westwood expressed her relief upon learning that her $2,500 medical debt had been forgiven.
“Do you know that was like a stack of bricks lifted off my shoulders because it was affecting my credit? And also, it was affecting me mentally because I couldn’t sleep,” said Faye.
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