- Alachua County staff said the county could abolish $30 million in residents’ medical debt for $150,000 through a partnership with nonprofit Undue Medical Debt.
- Undue Medical Debt purchased $30 billion in medical debt in 2025, including $30 million from 31,000 Alachua County residents.
- Alachua County commissioners have not scheduled a discussion on the report, but Commissioner Mary Alford plans to revisit the medical debt buyout proposal.
Alachua County’s Board of County Commissioners tasked its staff to research a buyout of local residents’ medical debt, and a February report outlines findings and says the county could “abolish” $30 million in local debt for $150,000.
But the debt—spread across 31,000 residents—is already paid in full, according to the national nonprofit Undue Medical Debt (UMD).
In 2025, UMD purchased $30 billion in medical debt in a single transaction, wiping out an average $1,100 payment for 20 million people in the United States…