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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[–] 176 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

This is beautiful. For those calling it a half measure, calling for the end to private insurance etc etc, this is the government paying for medical care.

By paying only pennies on the dollar it's demonstrating that medical debt is a farce. That puts a huge dent in the myth that public healthcare is impractical here

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

    If you're expecting the American people to see nuanced healthcare policy behind this then I'm not sure what to tell you. You should know by now that we don't do that.

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