北卡罗来纳州州长办公室宣布医院计划在10年内为200万居民清除40亿美元的医疗债务. North Carolina Governor's office announces plan for hospitals to erase $4B medical debt for 2M residents over a decade.

北卡罗来纳州州长罗伊·库珀办公室宣布,所有符合资格的医院都已签署一项计划,取消近200万居民的医疗债务,在十年内减少中低收入者40亿美元的债务。 North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper's office announced that all eligible hospitals have signed on to a plan to erase medical debt for nearly 2 million residents, reducing $4 billion in debt for low to middle-income people over a decade. 到2025年,医院将自动将某些病人送入慈善护理机构,并在同一日期之前免除医疗援助计划病人过去的债务。 Hospitals will automatically enroll certain patients in charity care by 2025 and forgive past debt of Medicaid patients by the same date. 该倡议可能使约240万人受益,医院通过免除债务而不是试图收取债务而赚取更多的收入。 The initiative could benefit about 2.4 million people, with hospitals earning more by forgiving debt than attempting to collect it.