WAMC: More than a thousand city residents have their medical debt erased

Spark of Hudson co-founder Susan Danizger was recently featured on NPR’s WAMC to discuss our recent initiative to clear medical debt for City of Hudson residents at Columbia Memorial Health.

In the interview, Susan provides a brief overview on the work behind the scenes to get the initiative up and running.

On the impact of the recent initiative Susan says:

"The hospital wins because it gets a chunk of money, as a philanthropic donation," Danziger said. "The individual patients or families win because their medical debt is cleared. The families themselves, you know, the mental health and how they are with their kids and families that that that collective sigh of relief. Their lives are improving that way. Employers are benefiting, you know, the city as a whole, the community is are improving. So it really is, we're hoping to be a model that not just for this community, but for other communities can look to as the potential model for other philanthropists."