Pritzker proposes plan to relieve $1 billion in medical debt for Illinois residents

Pritzker proposes plan to relieve $1 billion in medical debt for Illinois residents

CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is planning to eliminate $1 billion in medical debt for Illinois residents. Pritzker announced on Monday a $10 million appropriation that would provide a billion dollars in medical debt relief for hundreds of thousands of Illinois residents. Cook County helps erase medical debt for thousands of residents The plan still needs approval from lawmakers, but if it's approved, this would be the first investm…

Pritzker pushes plan to erase $1 billion in medical debt for Illinoisans

Gov. J.B. Pritzker said his proposal will provide nearly $1 billion in medical debt relief for an initial batch of 340,000 Illinois residents in the first year of a multi-year plan.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker wants to get rid of medical debt for 1 million people

He said Loyola Medicine had already announced it will forgive $112 million in medical debt, helping more than 60,000 people in Illinois.