Undue Medical Debt Announces $550 Million of Medical Debt Erased for Over 260,000 Californians
Transformative gift from Evan Spiegel and Miranda Kerr centers affordability crisis & empowers families to re-engage with healthcare
Undue Medical Debt today announced that a transformative gift from Evan Spiegel and Miranda Kerr has erased over $550 million in medical debt for over 261,000 Californians, providing relief to families across the state as healthcare costs and broader affordability challenges continue to weigh on households.
Brooklyn, a former recipient of medical debt relief in Woodland, CA, shares, “In 2018, I was in a traumatic car accident during a medical crisis. The ambulance bill alone was over $4,600—a number that haunted me for years while I was trying to rebuild my life, go back to school, and raise my daughter as a single mom. I never thought I’d get relief. When I opened the letter from Undue Medical Debt, I cried. Not just because the money was erased, but because someone out there believed I deserved a second chance. This isn’t just about debt—it’s about hope. Thank you for lifting this off my shoulders.”
“The scale of this gift to Californians is truly astonishing, unburdening over a quarter million families of over half a billion dollars of un-payable medical debt,” shares Undue Medical Debt president and CEO Allison Sesso. “In the U.S. 1 in 4 adults are in medical debt; it’s a growing crisis undermining healthcare access, economic wellbeing and mental health, and we’re so grateful that Evan Spiegel and Miranda Kerr share our belief that no one should go bankrupt because of a cancer diagnosis and no family should have to choose between insulin and groceries.”
