Los Angeles County is launching a new pilot program to eliminate medical debt for low-income residents. The program will initially clear $500 million in debt by using a $5 million investment to purchase medical debt for pennies on the dollar. An estimated 150,000 residents will have their medical debt cleared, and thousands more will be notified in the coming month.
County officials said the program will initially eliminate $500 million in debt by using a $5 million investment to purchase medical debt for pennies on the dollar for low-income residents.Due to a new pilot program, an estimated 150,000 residents across Los Angeles County will soon have their medical debt cleared, and thousands more will be notified in the coming month of similar news, officials announced Monday.
"No one should have to go into poverty to get the health care they need, and yet that's exactly what's happening,'' Hahn said. Medical debt is crushing families across our communities.'' Designed by the Medical Debt Coalition, a multi-sector group, the program seeks to eliminate $2 billion in medical debt for L.A. County residents.
Initial participating hospitals include Martin Luther King Community Hospital and Adventist Health White Memorial Hospital, which will work with the national nonprofit organization, Undue Medical Debt, to retire qualifying medical debt and close accounts.
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