肯塔基州医疗债减免累计达1.53亿美元：6.7万名居民受益，第二轮减免信11月寄出
肯塔基州州长 Andy Beshear 10月29日宣布，该州医疗债减免计划累计已为6.7万名居民免除1.53亿美元医疗债务，其中第二轮再为2.2万人免除约5,060万美元；首轮已为4.6万人免除逾1亿美元。
这项「Team Kentucky」医疗债减免计划由州长今年9月以行政令设立，目标是免除总额2.5亿美元债务、惠及13万人。州府拨款250万美元予非营利组织 Undue Medical Debt 运作该计划，按该组织的模式，每支出1美元约可免除100美元债务。
州长办公室表示，该计划无需申请、也不能请求加入，符合资格的居民将直接收到官方减免信，第二轮信件预计在11月9日当周寄出。资格条件为：所欠医疗费达到年收入的5%以上，或家庭收入在联邦贫困线的400%以下（三口之家约10万美元）。
Kentucky Medical Debt Relief Reaches $153 Million for 67,000 Residents as Second-Round Letters Go Out in November
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced on October 29 that a total of $153 million in medical debt has now been erased for 67,000 Kentuckians under the Team Kentucky Medical Debt Relief Program, with the second round cancelling about $50.6 million for another 22,000 people, following a first round that erased more than $100 million for 46,000 people.
Beshear established the program by executive order in September, aiming to relieve $250 million in debt for 130,000 eligible Kentuckians. The state directed $2.5 million to Undue Medical Debt, a national nonprofit that acquires medical debt from participating hospitals and collection agencies; for Kentucky, the breakdown equals $100 erased for every $1 spent.
There is no application process and relief cannot be requested, the governor's office said; eligible Kentuckians will receive an official relief letter, with second-round letters expected to be mailed around the week of November 9. To qualify, a resident must owe at least 5 percent of their annual income in medical bills or earn at or below 400 percent of the federal poverty level, about $100,000 for a family of three.
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