The task force was charged with designating $1.6 million in Rescue Plan Act funds for debt relief.
“We know it harms peoples’ credit scores. It harms people’s health. It makes people less apt to go have a doctor’s visit or pursue that extra medical procedure because of the debt they already have,” ARPA Task Force co-chair and Milwaukee County Supervisor Shawn Rolland told WUWM. “We know it’s a social determinant of health, meaning if you have medical debt, you’re more likely to have poor medical outcomes. Milwaukee County’s trying to become the healthiest county in Wisconsin.”
