Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced a third round of medical debt relief totaling over $21 million for 9,767 residents, with letters to recipients starting that week. Across all rounds, the state has provided more than $221 million through the nonprofit Undue Medical Debt, which buys qualifying debt in bulk for pennies on the dollar; on average, each dollar given to Undue relieves $100 of medical debt. Eligibility is based on income at or below 400% of the federal poverty level or medical debt equal to at least 5% of annual income, and recipients need take no action. The debt was sourced from local hospitals that chose to take part, and the release says medical debt is the number one cause of bankruptcy across the US.
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