Nearly 23,000 Connecticut residents will have some or all of their medical debt eliminated through efforts made by the governor's office and a nonprofit organization.
Four things to know:
1. The $30 million being erased is part of the first round of an initiative in partnership with nonprofit Undue Medical Debt, according to a Dec. 16 news release from Gov. Ned Lamont's office.
2. The nonprofit negotiates with healthcare providers to eliminate medical debt for patients with incomes at or below 400% of the federal poverty level, or for those whose debt exceeds 5% of their annual income.
3. The Lamont administration allocated about $100,000 from Connecticut's American Rescue Plan Act funding for the initiative, the release said.
4. Health systems including Greenville, N.C.-based ECU Health and New Orleans-based Ochsner Health have also partnered with Undue Medical Debt.