Governor urges CRAS to not include medical debt in credit reports
(RALEIGH) Today Governor Josh Stein hosted a roundtable discussion in Greensboro to hear from advocates, faith leaders, practitioners, and patients about the burden of living with medical debt and how relief aids North Carolina families and the economy. In October, Governor Stein announced that the state’s medical debt relief program had erased more than $6.5 billion in medical debt for more than 2.5 million North Carolinians over the past year.
“At a time when many Americans are just one emergency medical expense away from going into debt, this relief program is putting more than 2.5 million North Carolinians on the path to financial security,” said Governor Josh Stein. “We are grateful for our partners in this work who are removing this weight and empowering North Carolinians to live a healthier life.”…