Los Angeles Pays Off $183 Million in Medical Debt for Thousands of Residents

It’s the first round of aid under the county’s medical debt relief program approved last year.

A nurse works at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in Los Angeles on Jan. 6, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Los Angeles County has paid off $183 million in medical debt for more than 134,000 residents under a relief program approved last year.

Residents whose medical debts were erased with no strings attached began receiving county-sealed notices in the mail on May 19, informing them of the amount paid by the county and the recipient.