US EditionAbout 134,000 LA County Residents Will Get Notices Their Medical Debt Is Eliminated
- More than 134,000 Los Angeles County residents will receive letters starting May 19 informing them their qualifying medical debt has been erased.
- This effort follows the Board of Supervisors' approval last year to purchase and forgive medical debt chiefly from low-income residents using county and charitable funds.
- The program collaborates with Undue Medical Debt and focuses on residents whose income does not exceed four times the federal poverty threshold and who have medical bills amounting to at least 5% of their earnings.
- County officials reported that by spending approximately $1.02 million to buy medical debt accounts at about half a cent on the dollar, they were able to eliminate nearly $184 million in outstanding medical bills.
- The initiative aims to provide immediate financial relief, improve related hospital practices, and prevent medical debt from limiting access to care for approximately one in nine county adults burdened by such debt.
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About 134,000 LA County residents will get notices their medical debt is eliminated
Letters addressed to 134,000 Los Angeles County residents announcing their medical debt has been cleared are hitting mailboxes starting on Monday, May 19. What undoubtedly will be the best news about unpaid medical bills these low-income residents receive, a notice sent to them and signed by the LA County Board of Supervisors, and showing the amount owed, is accompanied by this sentence: “We are writing to share the good news: You no longer owe …
L.A. County wipes out medical debt for thousands of residents
Tens of thousands residents in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County will have their outstanding medical debt wiped away thanks to County leaders and a national nonprofit. Beginning next week, more than 134,000 L.A. County residents will begin receiving notices in the mail to inform them that their medical debt has been forgiven. The effort was spearheaded by County Supervisors Holly Mitchell and Janice Hahn, with unanimous support from the…
More than 134,000 residents to receive notices of medical debt relief from LA County, nonprofit
More than 134,000 L.A. County residents will soon get an envelope in the mail with the words "medical debt" on it. But, the envelope carries good news of much needed relief.
Mass Relief: More than 134,000 Beneficiaries After Los Angeles Forgave US$183 Million in Medical Debts
Through an e-mail they will inform the beneficiaries that their debts have been forgiven.On several occasions, medical debts have been a problem for many American citizens; for example, in Los Angeles County, one in nine adults has bills that they still cannot pay for various reasons. However, this will no longer have to be a headache for some, since in that place these debts were forgiven for $183 million, thus benefiting more than 134,000 peop…
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