In the state’s seventh round of medical debt relief, outgoing Governor Phil Murphy announced that nearly 14,000 New Jersey residents will see almost $16 million in medical bills abolished.
The relief is a result of the state’s ongoing partnership with national nonprofit Undue Medical Debt (Undue). By leveraging approximately $165,000 in American Rescue Plan funds, the nonprofit Undue has purchased this debt from the secondary market.
Since first announced in 2023 and initially utilizing a $10 million grant in fiscal year 2024, this partnership has seen nearly $1.5 billion in medical debt eliminated for more than 847,500 New Jersey residents,
“Medical debt should never stand between New Jersey residents and the care they…