This week, 17,000 Baton Rouge-area residents will receive notices that some or all of their outstanding medical debt has been erased.
The debt relief program, which has purchased and abolished nearly $22 million in medical debt for local families, comes from two local organizations, the Huey and Angelina Wilson Foundation and Capital Area United Way, as well as national nonprofit Undue Medical Debt.
Residents whose debt has been abolished will receive a letter from Undue Medical Debt. Eligibility for debt relief includes residency in Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, St. James, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana parishes…