North Carolina wipes out $6.5B in medical debt for 2.5M residents. Here’s how.

North Carolina’s medical debt initiative, announced in 2024, has delivered more relief than initially expected in a state ...
Becker's Hospital Review

North Carolina hospitals wipe out $6.5B in medical debt

North Carolina's medical debt relief program has surpassed its initial financial projections, relieving more than $6.5 billion in medical debt from ...

$6.5+ billion in medical debt erased in North Carolina

On Monday, Gov. Josh Stein and North Carolina Health and Human Services Secretary Dev Sangvai announced more than $6.5 billion in medical debt has been forgiven in the past year.

Program, policies free 2.5M North Carolinians from $6.5B in medical debt

Updated policies by hospitals and creation of the Medical Debt Relief Program by the former governor has led to 2. 5 million ...
Greensboro News & Record

$1.2 billion: That's how much medical debt was forgiven in Triad of NC

The Debt Jubilee Project, established in 2022 by Trinity Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, served not only as an inspiration ...

North Carolina Medicaid patients face care access threat as funding impasse continues

North Carolina Medicaid patients face a threat of reduced access to services due to a funding impasse. Democratic Gov. Josh Stein confirmed Thursday that the state program will lower ...

North Carolina effort wipes out $6.5B in medical debt for 2.5M people

More than 2.5 million North Carolina residents are getting over $6.5 billion in medical debt eliminated through a state government effort that offered hospitals extra Medicaid funds from Washington if ...