Undue Medical Debt
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Oct 16, 2026
Michael LibbieHOST
That means that every state dollar invested in the program wiped out over $100 in debt.
Michael LibbieHOST
All of this was possible due to the state's partnership with Undue Medical Debt.
Michael LibbieHOST
It's a nonprofit that works with local governments and health care providers to purchase and eliminate qualifying medical debt owed by low-income residents.
Michael LibbieHOST
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker said, quote, medical debt is a leading cause of bankruptcy.
JakeHOST
She gets the $200,000 to use it how she sees fit.
JakeHOST
$159,000 of that 200 grand is going to nonprofit Undue Medical Debt, a nonprofit that purchases and cancels medical debt for qualifying individuals.
JakeHOST
The group says that money is making it possible for them to cancel out more than 17 million in medical debt for 12,000 Memphians.
JakeHOST
Now, I wanna know, how does the math work here? 17 million in medical debt is being settled for 159 grand.
JakeHOST
There's a graphic.
JakeHOST
That, I mean, that, that's how she's presenting it.
JakeHOST
"I cleared $17 million in medical debt for 12,000 Memphians, and I want to do the same in the state of Tennessee." She wouldn't be the first one, 'cause if you do any kind of research on this Undue Medical Debt operation, it's not really what it seems.
JakeHOST
Eh, JB Pritzker up there in Illinois, he did the same thing.
Amy HessHOST
This year's contenders include a grinning caiman, an outraged baby owl, and a very relaxed praying mantis.
Amy HessHOST
In Kentucky, Arizona, and other states, nonprofit Undue Medical Debt is erasing unpaid hospital bills nationwide, buying bundles of debt for pennies on the dollar and wiping out $100 for every dollar spent.
Amy HessHOST
States are now pitching in millions to help.
Amy HessHOST
And back in Michigan, discarded bike parts are getting a second life as prosthetic legs, thanks to a prosthetist who refuses to patent his design.
Amy HessHOST
This year's contenders include a grinning caiman, an outraged baby owl, and a very relaxed praying mantis.
Amy HessHOST
In Kentucky, Arizona, and other states, non-profit Undue Medical Debt is erasing unpaid hospital bills nationwide, buying bundles of debt for pennies on the dollar, and wiping out $100 for every dollar spent.
Amy HessHOST
States are now pitching in millions to help.
Amy HessHOST
And back in Michigan, discarded bike parts are getting a second life as prosthetic legs, thanks to a prosthetist who refuses to patent his design.
Madyson FitzgeraldGUEST
But a pair of nonprofit organizations this week announced that they are abolishing nearly $34 million in medical debt for over 21,000 Kansans who meet certain criteria in a large-scale, one-time economic relief initiative.
Madyson FitzgeraldGUEST
So the mechanics of erasing $33.9 million in medical debt in Kansas began with a partnership between two national nonprofits, or the national nonprofit Undue Medical Debt and Somos Votantes Education, which is a nonpartisan civic education organization that donates to abolish the debt.
Madyson FitzgeraldGUEST
On average, $1 donated erases $100 in medical debt, according to an announcement from the organizations.
Madyson FitzgeraldGUEST
And Kansas isn't alone.
Beowulf RochlenHOST
A Reuters Ipsos poll completed on Monday put his approval rating at thirty-two percent, while registered voters preferred Democrats to Republicans forty-four to thirty-seven percent.
Beowulf RochlenHOST
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said he's using two point five million dollars in state funds to erase medical debt for tens of thousands of Kentuckians through a partnership with Undue Medical Debt.
Beowulf RochlenHOST
The nonprofit, which has worked with states like Arizona, Illinois, and North Carolina, buys bundles of medical debt for less than they're worth and then forgives them.
Beowulf RochlenHOST
According to Beshear, only Kentuckians who qualify will have their debt erased: those who owe at least five percent of their annual income in medical bills or those who earn at or below four hundred percent of the federal poverty level.
AnthonyHOST
For 130,000 residents in his state.
AnthonyHOST
Now, the organization that the state of Kentucky worked with is called Undue Medical Debt, and it's a nonprofit that has already eliminated almost $50 billion in medical debt.
AnthonyHOST
And basically what happens is when health insurance companies or hospitals go to a collection service to try to get their money, they sell their debt at a discount.
AnthonyHOST
And then it kind of just trickles down.
Allison SessoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's real.
Peter O'DowdCORRESPONDENT
Allison Sesso is CEO of Undue Medical Debt, the nonprofit that zeroed out Gurney's unpaid bills.
Peter O'DowdCORRESPONDENT
Sesso says her organization buys up bundles of debt from collection agencies for pennies on the dollar.
Allison SessoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Where $1 gets rid of $100 of medical debt.
Lynn LaFleurGUEST
... that benefit, that have benefited, that even know about it.
Lynn LaFleurGUEST
Um, so bas- basically this million dollars, um, was given to a, a out of state Undue Medical or whatever, Undue Medical company, to help, uh, facilitate writing off this medical debt that these medical facilities already put into bad debts.
Lynn LaFleurGUEST
They were already in collections.
Lynn LaFleurGUEST
Um, again, this is one of these things I think is, is lacking transparency, b- because this was made under the guise of, you know, people have too much medical debt.
Michele GrimGUEST
So they worked with Undo Medical Debt.
Michele GrimGUEST
They were formerly RIP Medical Debt.
Michele GrimGUEST
Yes, I'm familiar.
Michele GrimGUEST
I've donated to RIP Medical Debt.
Michele GrimGUEST
Awesome.
Michele GrimGUEST
So they are now Undo Medical Debt.
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