Program to erase medical debt in Wayne Co. shows insured workers may be struggling most
An ongoing effort to wipe out up to $700 million in medical debt for Wayne County residents has made a discovery some may find surprising.
Those most in need of medical debt relief were not the poorest patients. Rather, it was insured people in the middle and lower-middle class .
That was one key finding by the nonprofit group called Undue Medical Debt, previously known as R.I.P. Medical Debt, which is working with the county to erase delinquent debt that county residents owe to hospitals and other medical providers.
Wayne County Health Director Dr. Abdul El-Sayed said the group is finding that most of the debt is in the form of unpaid health insurance deductibles or copays that the patients couldn't meet.
https://www.freep.com/story/money/business/2025/02/09/medical-debt-pay-program-wayne-county/78054844007/
Looks like insurance is a scam.