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The state buys unpaid medical bills in bulk for a fraction of what patients were charged and cancels them, showing how little old medical debt is worth once it goes unpaid.
$1.4billion
medical debt erased by the Illinois Medical Debt Relief Program in two years
Illinois says its program has erased $1.4 billion in medical debt in two years
694,000
Illinois residents who received relief
Illinois says its program has erased $1.4 billion in medical debt in two years
$1,200
average debt erased per person, with one person receiving more than $900,000
Illinois says its program has erased $1.4 billion in medical debt in two years
$10million
approximate state spending, or more than $100 of debt erased per state dollar
Illinois says its program has erased $1.4 billion in medical debt in two years
