North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein announced Monday that the state’s medical debt relief initiative has eliminated roughly $6.5 ...

North Carolina's Medical Debt Relief Program has relieved more than $6.5 billion in medical debt for over 2.5 million ...

North Carolina’s medical debt initiative, announced in 2024, has delivered more relief than initially expected in a state with a high rate of medical debt.

In July, U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved a medical debt relief incentive program for acute care hospitals in North Carolina proposed by Gov. Roy Cooper and the N.C.

Updated policies by hospitals and creation of the Medical Debt Relief Program by the former governor has led to 2.5 million North Carolinians being freed of ...

If you’re eligible, it could be wiped out. And you won’t even know about it until after it’s done. It’s all part of a year-old program where Gov. Katie Hobbs set aside $10 million in COVID funds ...

Over $6.5 billion in medical debt was erased for over 2.5 million North Carolina residents, according to the governor's ...

WXII spoke with a Winston-Salem woman whose medical debt was forgiven. She says it is a huge weight lifted off her shoulders.

A North Carolina program incentivizing hospitals to relieve patients’ medical debts has cut more than $6.5 billion in accrued debts for more than 2.5 million people since launching last summer. | The ...