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A new pilot program should be able to erase up to $800 million worth of medical debt for nearly 200,000 Angelenos in Los Angeles County. “No one should have to go into poverty to get the health care they need, and yet that's exactly what's happening,” said county Supervisor Janice Hahn. Roughly 785,000 people, or about 1 in 10 adults in the county, have medical debt. The public health department has partnered with the national nonprofit Undue Medical Debt to select and pay off the debts through participating hospitals, physicians' groups and other entities that own medical debt and share their data. People whose debt is chosen and who qualify will get a letter from the nonprofit and L.A. County saying that it’s been canceled.
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