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Residents and nonprofit pitch using ARPA funds to erase medical debt for Flint households
Summary
Several residents and nonprofit representatives urged Flint City Council during public comment to reallocate $50,000 in ARPA dollars to a partnership with Undo Medical to buy and eliminate medical debt for eligible Flint residents; no formal vote on the proposal was held at the meeting.
Several residents and nonprofit representatives urged the Flint City Council to dedicate $50,000 in federal ARPA funds to a program that would buy and eliminate medical debt for eligible Flint residents.
Advocates, including Monica Villarreal of the Undo Medical organizing team, told the council that Undo Medical and partners had prepared materials answering council questions and that similar programs have been run by nearby counties. "On average, for every dollar invested, Undo Medical is able to eliminate $100 in debt," Villarreal said, summarizing the program’s leverage. She also said…
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