More than 600,000 N.J. residents just had their medical debt abolished

NJ.com
Updated: Apr. 21, 2025, 11:06 a.m.|Published: Apr. 21, 2025, 11:00 a.m.

Gov. Phil Murphy announced Monday that 629,000 residents will see a combined $927 million in debt forgiven in the state’s fourth round of medical debt abolishment.

Murphy said the state spent $5.8 million of leftover federal COVID-19 funds to retire the medical debt in conjunction with Undue Medical Debt, an organization created by former debt collection executives that goes around the country to buy up medical debt and erase it altogether.

Since last August, New Jersey and Undue have partnered to eliminate more than $1 billion in medical debt for an estimated 776,000 New Jerseyans and counting.

“Nobody should have to choose between their health and their financial stability. My Administration has pursued lasting systemic reforms to put more affordable health care in reach for New Jersey families and better protect our residents from accumulating debt,” said Murphy in a press release.

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