St. Paul quietly ends medical debt relief program after erasing $15 million of $100 million goal
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Josie Albertson-Grove
4d ago· 9 min readenNews
Summary
St. Paul, Minnesota quietly ended a program in June that was seeded with federal COVID relief funds, originally promising to erase $100 million in medical debt for city residents. Despite the ambitious goal, the program managed to wipe only $15 million in debt before being retired. The city had allocated $1.1 million in federal money for the initiative, but the actual impact fell far short of the initial pledge.
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bskySt. Paul quietly ends medical debt relief program after erasing $15 million of $100 million goalstartribune.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledThe promise was huge: St. Paul residents could see $100 million in medical debt erased.
The city would use just $1.1 million of federal money to accomplish the feat.
But the payoff wasn't quite as big as hoped. In the end, the city...
The city quietly retired a program seeded with federal COVID relief funds in June.
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