New Jersey will eliminate $927 million in medical debt for about 629,000 residents, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Monday.

People who qualify for the debt forgiveness will receive a letter in the mail starting this month ... residents reported in 2023 that their family held medical debt, or had family medical bills that ...

A state House bill that originally sought to relieve some Pennsylvanians’ medical debt now has a different ... HAP also sent a letter to Health committee members ahead of Wednesday’s vote.

Since the partnership began, the state government has totaled medical debt forgiveness at $1.1 billion ... the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 pandemic stimulus bill passed in 2021.