A FY2026 budget investment of $500,000 will help eliminate up to $50 million total in medical debt for Delaware families
WILMINGTON— Governor Matt Meyer today announced significant progress in Delaware’s medical debt elimination initiative, with nearly $19 million in medical debt abolished for more than 18,000 Delawareans so far. The effort is supported by a $500,000 investment included in the FY2026 budget to partner with Undue Medical Debt, a national nonprofit organization, to eliminate up to $50 million in qualifying medical debt for hardworking Delawareans. Undue Medical Debt acquires the most burdensome medical debts in bulk for a fraction of their face value, meaning one dollar can erase $100 of medical debt…