Nearly 3,200 Lexington residents will soon receive letters notifying them that all or part of their outstanding medical debt has been eliminated, city officials announced Wednesday.
City officials report that Undue Medical Debt, a national nonprofit that works to purchase and relieve burdensome medical debt, has acquired and eliminated $5,669,531.68 in qualifying medical debt in this second round of relief.
The latest wave builds on the first round announced in November 2025, which abolished $12,641,416.24 in medical debt for 6,484 residents. Combined, the two rounds have eliminated a total of $18,310,947.92 in medical debt for nearly 10,000 Lexington residents, according to city officials…