CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Cincinnati officials gathered Monday to announce that more than 100,000 residents have had medical debt erased as a part of the city’s Medical Debt Relief Program, according to the Office of the Mayor.

City leaders announced in a news release that nearly $220 million in debt has been relieved for 119,357 individuals in the Cincinnati area with the assistance of Cincinnati’s $1.45 million investment in the program.

“This is not just a significant step toward dismantling the barriers that have contributed to the wealth gap in Cincinnati. It is a collaboration that has helped change the lives of local families on a deeply personal, human level,” Mayor Aftab Pureval said in a statement.

The Cincinnati Medical Debt Relief Program aims to erase the burden of medical debt o

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