Another more than $200 million in medical debt has been wiped out for Arizonans. And the recipients are going to know who to thank: Gov. Katie Hobbs.

The new figure was announced Monday by Allison Sasso. She’s the president and CEO of Undue Medical Debt, a company that agreed earlier this year to use some $10 million in state American Rescue Plan COVID relief dollars to buy up medical debt from hospitals and doctors for a few pennies on the dollar, eliminating a negative mark on the credit reports of those who racked up the bills.

All totaled, according to the governor’s office, the program has so far erased $642 million owed by more than 485,000 Arizonans.

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[–] 30 points 10 months ago* (3 children)

The phrase that will piss me off more than anything. Someone (likely a poor/homeless person} needs immediate medical intervention.

"But who will pay for it?!" How about those taxes I'm paying that the corporations aren't?

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    But if our taxes go to pay for medical care, how could we fund war profits and racist policy?

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