Medical debt relief coming for nearly 23,000 Connecticut residents: Gov. Lamont
Source: WVIT-TV Hartforf, CT
Published December 16, 2024 • Updated on December 16, 2024 at 6:38 pm
Thousands of people in our state will soon have some of their medical debt erased. According to Governor Ned Lamont, about 23,000 people in our state will soon have some, if not all, of their medical debt erased.
Governor Lamont made that announcement at the state capitol on Monday. He said no one should have to worry about costs over their health.
“This is an emergency that you should live through and make sure you’re taken care of and make sure when you come out of the hospital you don’t have another burden on your shoulders,” said Lamont.
One of those people with that type of burden is Dennis Thomas, a heart transplant recipient. “Just alone, medication was about $10,000 a month,” said Thomas. Thomas is a heart transplant survivor. Fifteen years ago, he needed a new heart after getting diagnosed with myocarditis; a condition that causes inflammation around the heart’s muscle.
Read more: https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/medical-debt-relief-coming-for-nearly-23000-connecticut-residents-gov-lamont/3455945/