EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — According to the National Institutes of Health, 36% of households had medical debt in 2024, while 21% had a past-due medical bill and 23% were paying a medical bill over time to a provider.
Now imagine you get a letter in the mail saying your medical debt has been cleared.
That’s what’s happened for more than 9,000 Rhode Islanders since the state’s Medical Debt Relief Program was launched two years ago…