Article Summary
- Two years after its launch, a state medical debt relief program has erased more than $1.4 billion in debt, exceeding the original goal by $400 million.
- Almost 700,000 Illinoisans across all counties had medical debt relieved.
- The state spent less than $10 million to relieve these debts through a partnership with a nonprofit that focuses on buying and relieving medical debt.
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The state has erased over $1.4 billion in medical debt for almost 700,000 Illinoisans for pennies on the dollar, two years after launching a new relief program.
At its launch, the Illinois Medical Debt Relief Program aimed to eliminate $1 billion in debt. The…