What Can Be Gained From Erasing $2 Billion in Medical Debt for Half a Million New Yorkers?
The benefits, the beneficiaries, and the costs.
9 min readFeb 3, 2024
If you haven’t heard, Mayor Adams announced a plan to team up with RIP Medical Debt to erase about $2 Billion in medical debt for about 500,000 New Yorkers. This bold move has lead a few people to ask how will it benefit The City of…