Illinois county aims to relieve $1B in medical debt

(By Andrew Cass for Becker’s Hospital Review)

Officials in Illinois’ Cook County hope to use $12 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to relieve more than $1 billion in medical debt, the Chicago Tribune reported July 21.

If approved, the county — home to Chicago — will pay the funds over the next three years to RIP Medical Debt, a nonprofit that purchases and forgives medical debt for pennies on the dollar, according to the report. Continue reading here…

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