St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter announced on Tuesday that thousands of city residents are getting nearly $40 million of medical ...
When St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter announced last year that he would dedicate $1.1 million in federal COVID relief aid to ...
In all, St. Paul will spend $1.1 million, funded by the American Rescue Plan, to erase $110 million of medical debt city wide ...
Residents with a household income at or below 400% of the federal poverty level, or with debt that is 5% or more of their ...
The Medical Debt Relief Pilot Program launched on July 1 – the start of the state’s 2025 fiscal year. Since then, it has ...
Medical debt is a growing crisis impacting millions of individuals and families, often leading to financial instability, ...
The State of Illinois’ Medical Debt Relief Pilot Program has relieved more than $72 million worth of medical debt for 52,745 ...
Illinois residents will start receiving notifications that their medical debts have been erased as part of the state’s ...
A significant—but little-discussed—problem is that people are going into serious medical debt even with good health insurance ...
According to the Urban Institute’s Debt in America: An Interactive Map, average medical debt differs substantially across states. Here is a breakdown of average medical debt by state ...
More than 52,000 Illinoisans will hear that some or all of their medical debt has been cleared by the state soon. Letters ...
The city of Saint Paul is using funds from the American Rescue Plan to cancel roughly $110 million in medical debt for residents.