Ochsner to forgive $366M in medical debt

siteadmin August 23, 2024

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health is eliminating approximately $366 million of medical debt for nearly 193,000 patients in association with nonprofit Undue Medical Debt. This comes after a deal was announced with city officials to erase over $59 million in medical debt for about 66,000 low-income patients. Around 22% of Louisiana residents have medical debt.

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