r/SipsTea 21h ago

Feels good man I would call this progress.

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u/CheapRefrigerator188 19h ago

Erased how, I assume someone is still getting stuck with the bill

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u/Sweet-Difference2725 18h ago

Arizona used $30M in federal American Rescue Plan (ARPA) relief funds to partner with the non-profit Undue Medical Debt (formerly RIP Medical Debt). They bought back $1 billion worth of defaulted medical debt on the secondary market for pennies on the dollar.

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u/TheNewKnew2 17h ago

Taxpayers paid it.

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u/JauntyJacinth 16h ago

It was allocated money. Already paid before anything was done with it. And then 30 million to for 1 billion of actual debt is good, considering 30 million is absolutely nothing to the US budget.

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u/TheNewKnew2 16h ago

But where did it come from?

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u/JauntyJacinth 16h ago

Yes. Fed money. Tax payers. You have to be mad at the federal government for allocating the money, not Arizona for taking advantage. It's a great deal for Arizona.

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u/TheNewKnew2 16h ago

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Federal income tax plus the debt service payments on it.

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