City Council resolution could forgive up to $115 million in public medical debt

Pittsburgh City Council will consider partnering with a national nonprofit, RIP Medical Debt, to buy eligible Pittsburghers' medical debt and discharge it in a novel but not unprecedented use of American Rescue Plan Act funds.

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