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A program launched by Gov. Katie Hobbs over a year ago has benefited 352,000 families, who are being notified their medical debt is gone.
In 2024, Hobbs announced an initiative to erase $2 billion in medical debt for up to one million Arizonans. Those eligible for debt relief include individuals who earn 400% of the Federal Poverty ...
Medical debt is one of the leading causes of bankruptcy, and in Arizona, the estimated amount of medical debt is about $2.4 billion. But hundreds of thousands of Arizonans just got relief from those ...
More than 352,000 Arizonans have had medical debt erased in the past year under an initiative from Gov. Katie Hobbs’s office.
Hundreds of thousands of Arizonans will see their medical debt wiped away through a program led by Gov. Katie Hobbs and the nonprofit Undue Medical Debt.
Arizona Governor Hobbs announced the elimination of $429 million in medical debt for over 352,000 residents, partnering with ...
A charity has eliminated about $429 million in medical bills owed by about 352,000 Arizona residents in the past year, Gov. Katie Hobbs says.
Gov. Katie Hobbs has announced that $429 million in medical debt has been erased for hundreds of thousands of Arizonans. Undue Medical Debt, a national nonprofit, has a $10 million contract with ...
Hobbs announced that up to $30 million of the state's share of that money would go to medical debt relief. Her spokesperson, Christian Slater, said just shy of $1.8 million had been paid to Undue ...
The national nonprofit Undue Medical Debt has been purchasing debt from providers to cancel the balance. Here's how they're working with Arizona.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and a nonprofit that eliminates outstanding debt announced a new program last year, and letters have started going out to families whose medical bills have been erased.
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Thousands of Arizonans now have a financial burden lifted off their shoulders, Gov. Katie Hobbs announced on Wednesday. According to the Democratic governor, $429 million in ...