The county has allotted $12 million in COVID-19 recovery funds from the federal American Rescue Plan Act to fund the program. Neighborhoods on the South and West Sides of Chicago have seen the highest amount of medical debt erased so far, according to officials.
“RIP Medical Debt performs an analysis of hospital debt portfolios and identifies qualifying accounts”. If medical debt is to be randomly erased, I suggest they start with crime victims who have not only hospital bills but also bills from months or years of rehab.
Truth in Cook County
2 years ago
So who does not get paid when Crook County decides to erase medical debt? Is it the hospitals we all need in times of an emergency?
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
“RIP Medical Debt performs an analysis of hospital debt portfolios and identifies qualifying accounts”. If medical debt is to be randomly erased, I suggest they start with crime victims who have not only hospital bills but also bills from months or years of rehab.
So who does not get paid when Crook County decides to erase medical debt? Is it the hospitals we all need in times of an emergency?