A third of Columbus, Ohio's population just had $335 million in medical debt wiped out thanks to Biden's American Rescue Plan

• Ohio's capital is forgiving $335 million in medical debt.
• Biden's American Rescue Plan funded the forgiveness program.
• The city will only pay $500,000 to reimburse hospitals for administrative work.

Over the last two weeks, four hospital systems in Columbus, Ohio began sending hundreds of thousands of letters to residents across the city.

It's one letter they'll be glad to open.

The letters are informing more than 300,000 residents that some, if not all, of their medical debt will be forgiven. All told, the hospitals are wiping clean about $335 million in medical debt for nearly one-third of the city's population.