Wayne County has wiped out more than $95 million in medical debt for 102,246 residents, according to current program figures from Arab American News. County Executive Warren C. Evans laid out the results in an opinion piece published Oct. 9.
The price tag for the county was just under $710,000. Evans wrote that the nonprofit Undue Medical Debt buys bundles of medical debt for pennies on the dollar, which lets public money cover a much larger amount than it normally would.
Only Wayne County residents qualify. When the program buys a person’s debt, it cancels automatically. A notice arrives in the mail, and nobody has to fill out an application…