Wayne County announced on Wednesday that it has eliminated $27 million in outstanding medical debt for more than 46,000 county residents.
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The county started a partnership with a nonprofit called “Undue Medical Debt,” which acquires debt from medical providers — in this case an unnamed local hospital — for pennies on the dollar.
The county says it has invested $5 million from the indigent relief fund and the federal American Rescue Plan Act.
“Since we first announced this new program in March of this year, a program designed to wipe out more than $700 million in medical debt, I am extremely pleased to see the…
