On April 16, District 9 council member John Courage announced a new partnership between the City of San Antonio and Undue Medical Debt, which is a national nonprofit dedicated to erasing medical debt.
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According to a news release, Texas is the leading state in terms of medical debt among the 20 largest counties, with Bexar County ranking third highest, and 20.9% of residents burdened with medical debt.
Using $115,000 allocated from the District 9 discretionary fund to support the effort, the program will purchase medical debt from providers, such as hospitals, at a severely reduced rate. This purchase will relieve approximately 45,000 San Antonio resident debtors of some or all of their medical debt, amounting to an…
