Undue Medical Debt

10/09/2026

Leaves are turning. Store shelves are already stocked for the holidays. And here at Undue, we're gearing up for the busiest season of the year.

For families carrying an unpaid medical bill, this season can bring a different kind of relief: a letter that says the bill is gone.

Since 2014, we've abolished over $50 billion in medical debt for more than 32 million people

This year, we're just getting started. 💙

Learn about our year-end campaign (link in the comments).

10/08/2026

Luis C. from Tolleson, Arizona, was a first-time dad on one income when his young son got sick last summer. A virus was dehydrating him, so they went to the hospital. The care worked. Insurance didn't cover the cost, and the bill landed on a single paycheck.

For more than a year, Luis watched every penny. Sometimes he told his girlfriend he wasn't hungry so she and their son could eat without worrying about him.

We abolished $3,200 of his medical debt.

"It's hard to make ends meet lately, that is why I am over the moon right now after receiving your letter. Thank you for this gift to my family."

Nobody should have to skip dinner because their kid needed a doctor. 💙

10/07/2026

Real talk from the people who erase medical debt for a living: we'd love for fewer people to need us. 💙

The rules that decide who gets financial aid, what counts as affordable coverage, and whether medical debt can wreck your credit get written by people on your ballot. Your voice belongs in that room.

Deadlines are hitting fast. Swipe for yours, then tap the link in the comments to register with Vot-ER. Takes a few minutes. 🗳️

10/06/2026

Imagine finding out your medication is about to cost 100x more. Not because anything changed with your health. Because of a mailing rule.

Starting October 22, prescriptions mailed from abroad will have to clear a formal customs process that few individual orders have ever gone through. For millions of Americans who rely on Canadian pharmacies to afford their daily meds, that could mean a full stop.

One advocacy group says its membership jumped by 20,000 people in under two weeks. That's what panic looks like.

This is what happens when people are left to patch together their own coverage. The workaround disappears, and patients are left with the bill. Or no medicine at all.

10/05/2026

"It's a frivolous act to try to collect from people who don't have it."
Allison Sesso, Undue President & CEO

Medical debt isn't a designer handbag or a family cruise put on a credit card. It's what happens when you get sick in a system that leaves too many people underinsured.

But in courtrooms across Missouri and Kansas, unpaid medical bills are handled right alongside every other kind of consumer debt. The fallout is brutal: garnished wages, frozen bank accounts, missed rent.

Affordable, comprehensive coverage would keep patients out of this entirely. Until then, we'll keep abolishing debt and telling these stories. 💙

Full story from The Beacon. Link in the comments.

10/01/2026

"It was like a miracle."

That's how Eva K. from Alsip, Illinois, described the letter telling her $168 of medical debt was gone.

Eva was diagnosed with epilepsy at 12 and survived a brain tumor about a decade later, so medical bills are nothing new to her. When a sudden relapse sent her to an out-of-network emergency room, she spent years trying to appeal the bill. Nothing worked. She gave up.

She still has other medical debt to pay off. But this one is finally off her mind.

"I cannot express how much of a relief this is for me."

09/30/2026

Let's talk about scams for a sec. 👀

If a message says it's from Undue and asks you to pay a fee, share your bank info, or click a link to "claim" your relief, it's fake. Full stop.

Here's how we work:
✔️ Relief is always free
✔️ There's no application. You don't have to do anything
✔️ Real notices arrive by mail

When in doubt, check with us directly at unduemedicaldebt.org. Share this with someone who'd want to know. 💙

Undue Medical Debt makes it easy for donors to make an impactful difference in the lives of those struggling with medical debt.

09/29/2026

Colorado just put medical debt collectors on notice. 👀

For the first time, the state enforced its 2023 medical debt law (SB 23-093) against a collection agency. The company was accused of chasing court judgments against patients without first filing the paperwork the law requires.

Under the settlement:
✅ A $30,000 fine
✅ Default judgments tied to 44 Colorado accounts get tossed
✅ Some people could see refunds

Here's why that matters. A default judgment can happen just because someone didn't show up to court, and it can follow them on their credit for years.

If you're in Colorado and think you've been treated unfairly by a debt collector, you can file a complaint at stopfraudcolorado.gov.

Laws like this protect patients after the bill arrives. Affordable, comprehensive coverage keeps the bill from showing up at all. 💙

09/25/2026

Where a kid lives shouldn't decide whether they can see a doctor. But new census data shows it does.

In the Northeast, 2.6% of children don't have health insurance. In the South, it's 8%. In the West, it rose to 5.5%. For Hispanic kids, it's 9.4%.

More change is coming. Kids' Medicaid and CHIP enrollment is already down 6% in a year, and KFF projects 3 million fewer insured children by 2034 as last year's budget law takes effect. When parents lose their coverage, their eligible kids lose theirs too.

Kids without coverage face higher odds of missing checkups, vaccines and early care. Then a family faces the bills alone. Affordable, comprehensive coverage is the only real prevention of medical debt, and it shouldn't depend on where you live. 💙

Link in comments to read the full article from Axios.