{"id":28523,"date":"2025-09-04T09:59:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T13:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/?p=28523"},"modified":"2025-09-04T10:01:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:01:29","slug":"murphy-prometio-ayudar-a-los-residentes-a-salir-de-la-deuda-medica-que-se-ha-hecho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/new-jersey\/murphy-prometio-ayudar-a-los-residentes-a-salir-de-la-deuda-medica-que-se-ha-hecho\/","title":{"rendered":"Murphy prometi\u00f3 ayudar a los residentes a salir de la deuda m\u00e9dica. \u00bfQu\u00e9 se ha hecho?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Nueva Jersey ha destinado fondos estatales para apoyar a una organizaci\u00f3n sin fines de lucro que compra deudas m\u00e9dicas de personas de bajos ingresos<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Por Lilo H. Stainton, NJ Spotlight News. Traducido por Valesca Ricardo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"dropcapp3\">Cuando un hombre de Maplewood llamado Willie se enter\u00f3 de que su deuda m\u00e9dica hab\u00eda sido eliminada, no pudo contener las l\u00e1grimas, seg\u00fan cont\u00f3 a Undue Medical Debt, la organizaci\u00f3n nacional sin fines de lucro que pag\u00f3 sus facturas pendientes. Willie deb\u00eda solo $550, pero la presi\u00f3n de esa deuda lo estaba desgastando y le dificultaba seguir adelante, de acuerdo con el testimonio compartido por Undue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-02-20-at-9.11.40-AM-1920x877-2-3-800x365.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-02-20-at-9.11.40-AM-1920x877-2-3-800x365.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-02-20-at-9.11.40-AM-1920x877-2-3-300x137.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-02-20-at-9.11.40-AM-1920x877-2-3-768x351.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-02-20-at-9.11.40-AM-1920x877-2-3-1536x702.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-02-20-at-9.11.40-AM-1920x877-2-3-150x69.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-02-20-at-9.11.40-AM-1920x877-2-3-696x318.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-02-20-at-9.11.40-AM-1920x877-2-3-1068x488.webp 1068w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-02-20-at-9.11.40-AM-1920x877-2-3.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Undue me lanz\u00f3 un salvavidas. Ahora puedo ser la mejor versi\u00f3n de m\u00ed mismo&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/unduemedicaldebt.org\/stories\/willie-nj-36629\/\">dijo Willie en un testimonio publicado en la p\u00e1gina web de la organizaci\u00f3n<\/a>, elogiando su labor. El sitio se\u00f1ala que las personas con deudas m\u00e9dicas tienen tres veces m\u00e1s probabilidades de sufrir ansiedad y depresi\u00f3n que quienes no enfrentan este tipo de facturas pendientes.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00bfCu\u00e1nta deuda se ha eliminado en Nueva Jersey?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Willie est\u00e1 lejos de ser el \u00fanico. M\u00e1s de 776,000 residentes de Nueva Jersey han sido liberados de sus deudas m\u00e9dicas gracias al trabajo de Undue en el estado, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/governor\/news\/news\/562025\/20250421b.shtml\">lo que ha supuesto la eliminaci\u00f3n de un total de alrededor de $1,100 millones<\/a>, seg\u00fan cifras divulgadas por el estado en abril. Undue compra paquetes de deudas m\u00e9dicas a proveedores de salud y a empresas de cobro con un fuerte descuento \u2014pagando aproximadamente $1 por cada $100 adeudados\u2014 y cancela esas deudas, liberando as\u00ed a las personas de la obligaci\u00f3n financiera.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-2.png 360w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-2-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-2-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Undue me lanz\u00f3 un salvavidas&#8221;, afirm\u00f3 Willie de Maplewood en su testimonio. <em>Cr\u00e9dito: (Cortes\u00eda de Undue Medical Debt)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Undue se\u00f1al\u00f3 que el alivio para Willie se financi\u00f3 con donaciones de grupos comunitarios, corporaciones, iglesias y otros contribuyentes. Pero bajo el mandato del gobernador Phil Murphy, quien plante\u00f3 por primera vez el tema de eliminar la deuda m\u00e9dica de las personas de bajos ingresos en un discurso presupuestario de 2023, Nueva Jersey ha utilizado fondos estatales para apoyar esta labor. En 2024, el estado firm\u00f3 un contrato con Undue \u2014conocida anteriormente como RIP Medical Debt\u2014 y destin\u00f3 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njspotlightnews.org\/2023\/04\/murphy-battles-nj-medical-debt\/\">$10 millones<\/a> para empezar a reducir la carga de aproximadamente 1 mill\u00f3n de residentes que enfrentan facturas vencidas de hospitales, m\u00e9dicos, centros quir\u00fargicos y otros proveedores de salud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalautomall.com\/newdept.cfm\/page\/ 500-savings-for-americano-magazine-readers-2263\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Globalhalf-3-800x367.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Globalhalf-3-800x367.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Globalhalf-3-300x138.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Globalhalf-3-768x352.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Globalhalf-3-150x69.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Globalhalf-3-696x319.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Globalhalf-3-1068x490.webp 1068w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Globalhalf-3.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>En abril, el estado otorg\u00f3 a Undue $5.8 millones provenientes de fondos federales de ayuda por la pandemia de COVID-19, para comprar deudas de RWJBarnabas Health, uno de los sistemas hospitalarios m\u00e1s grandes del estado, y en el mercado secundario de deuda, seg\u00fan un comunicado de prensa. Seg\u00fan las autoridades, esos recursos se esperaba que liberaran a al menos medio mill\u00f3n de residentes adicionales de sus deudas m\u00e9dicas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><br><\/strong><strong>C\u00f3mo funciona<\/strong><br><br>No existe una solicitud para quienes buscan la cancelaci\u00f3n de sus deudas, ya que Undue trabaja entre bastidores con proveedores de salud y empresas de cobro para adquirir deudas en bloque. Si esas compras incluyen facturas de personas que cumplen con los requisitos del programa de Undue \u2014limitado a quienes ganan menos del 400% del nivel federal de pobreza (unos $84,600 anuales para dos personas) o cuya deuda excede el 5% de sus ingresos)\u2014 los beneficiarios reciben una carta de Undue inform\u00e1ndoles que la carga ha sido eliminada. La organizaci\u00f3n sin fines de lucro nunca intenta cobrar la factura vencida por su cuenta.<br><br>A nivel nacional, m\u00e1s de 100 millones de personas lidian con deudas m\u00e9dicas, que ascienden a por lo menos $220 mil millones, seg\u00fan Undue, incluyendo a m\u00e1s de la mitad de todos los adultos de la comunidad negra e hispana del pa\u00eds. Desde su fundaci\u00f3n en 2014, la organizaci\u00f3n ha cancelado casi $23 mil millones en facturas vencidas para cerca de 15 millones de familias, de acuerdo con su sitio web.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En un inicio, Undue busc\u00f3 donaciones para financiar su labor de eliminaci\u00f3n de deudas, pero en 2022 se asoci\u00f3 con el condado de Cook, en Illinois, en el primer programa que utiliz\u00f3 fondos p\u00fablicos para este fin, seg\u00fan su p\u00e1gina web. Hoy, casi 20 estados o gobiernos locales se han unido a la organizaci\u00f3n. Arizona destin\u00f3 $30 millones de fondos de ayuda por la pandemia de COVID-19, Rhode Island estableci\u00f3 un programa de $1 mill\u00f3n, y <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/content\/getstuffdone\/pages\/canceling-medical-debt-for-new-yorkers\">la ciudad de Nueva York invirti\u00f3 $18 millones en un programa de tres a\u00f1os<\/a> lanzado a inicios de 2020 para cancelar la deuda de medio mill\u00f3n de neoyorquinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mblink.it\/1P4Xl21RL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-06-19-at-9.20.47-PM-1920x876-1-800x365.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-06-19-at-9.20.47-PM-1920x876-1-800x365.png 800w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-06-19-at-9.20.47-PM-1920x876-1-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-06-19-at-9.20.47-PM-1920x876-1-768x350.png 768w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-06-19-at-9.20.47-PM-1920x876-1-1536x701.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-06-19-at-9.20.47-PM-1920x876-1-150x68.png 150w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-06-19-at-9.20.47-PM-1920x876-1-696x318.png 696w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-06-19-at-9.20.47-PM-1920x876-1-1068x487.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-06-19-at-9.20.47-PM-1920x876-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Otras medidas adoptadas en Nueva Jersey<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nueva Jersey tambi\u00e9n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njspotlightnews.org\/2024\/07\/nj-gov-phil-murphy-expected-sign-legislation-protecting-against-most-medical-debt-avoid-financial-ruin\/\">ha tomado medidas<\/a> para evitar que las personas caigan en bancarrota debido a deudas m\u00e9dicas. En julio de 2024, el gobernador Phil Murphy firm\u00f3 la Ley de Alivio de Deuda M\u00e9dica Louisa Carmen, en honor a una joven integrante de la Oficina del Gobernador para la Asequibilidad de la Atenci\u00f3n M\u00e9dica, quien hab\u00eda fallecido en un accidente automovil\u00edstico a principios de ese a\u00f1o. La medida proh\u00edbe reportar deudas m\u00e9dicas a las agencias de calificaci\u00f3n crediticia. El objetivo es impedir que una crisis de salud empuje a los pacientes a la ruina financiera.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Otras disposiciones de la ley entraron en vigor el mes pasado, entre ellas: un tope del 3% a los intereses de la deuda m\u00e9dica y una prohibici\u00f3n de actividades de cobro durante los primeros cuatro meses despu\u00e9s de emitida la factura. <a href=\"https:\/\/pub.njleg.state.nj.us\/Bills\/2024\/PL24\/48_.PDF\">La ley<\/a> tambi\u00e9n protege a los pacientes que ganan hasta el 600% del nivel federal de pobreza \u2014equivalente a unos $126,900 anuales para una pareja\u2014 contra el embargo salarial, una t\u00e9cnica que los cobradores de deudas han usado para garantizar el pago.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jaimeberrios\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-02-at-3.35.17-PM-2-800x269.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-02-at-3.35.17-PM-2-800x269.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-02-at-3.35.17-PM-2-300x101.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-02-at-3.35.17-PM-2-768x258.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-02-at-3.35.17-PM-2-1536x516.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-02-at-3.35.17-PM-2-150x50.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-02-at-3.35.17-PM-2-696x234.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-02-at-3.35.17-PM-2-1068x359.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-02-at-3.35.17-PM-2.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Las protecciones ofrecidas a trav\u00e9s de la Ley Louisa Carmen se difunden en un sitio web lanzado este verano por defensores de los consumidores bajo el lema <a href=\"https:\/\/endmeddebtnj.org\/\">End Med Debt NJ<\/a> (Poner fin a la deuda m\u00e9dica en Nueva Jersey). La p\u00e1gina incluye una secci\u00f3n de preguntas frecuentes, enlaces a recursos legales y servicios de apoyo, adem\u00e1s de una gu\u00eda descargable de 134 p\u00e1ginas en lenguaje sencillo, disponible en espa\u00f1ol e ingl\u00e9s, que explica los derechos y responsabilidades de los pacientes y enumera opciones para pagar las facturas m\u00e9dicas. La informaci\u00f3n detalla, por ejemplo, los programas de caridad m\u00e9dica (charity care), el programa estatal para pacientes hospitalizados sin seguro y c\u00f3mo negociar reducciones en una factura m\u00e9dica, algo que, seg\u00fan los defensores, muchas personas ni siquiera saben que es posible.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stnj.org\/events\/detail\/willy-chirino?utm_source=americano&amp;utm_medium=digitalad&amp;utm_campaign=americano_250815_digitalad_willychirino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-08-15-at-4.22.35-PM-1-4-1-800x429.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-08-15-at-4.22.35-PM-1-4-1-800x429.png 800w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-08-15-at-4.22.35-PM-1-4-1-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-08-15-at-4.22.35-PM-1-4-1-768x411.png 768w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-08-15-at-4.22.35-PM-1-4-1-1536x823.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-08-15-at-4.22.35-PM-1-4-1-150x80.png 150w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-08-15-at-4.22.35-PM-1-4-1-696x373.png 696w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-08-15-at-4.22.35-PM-1-4-1-1068x572.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-08-15-at-4.22.35-PM-1-4-1.png 1594w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>De la A a la Z sobre c\u00f3mo saldar la deuda<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Es pr\u00e1cticamente todo lo que uno necesita saber sobre la deuda m\u00e9dica&#8221;, afirm\u00f3 Laura Waddell, directora del programa de salud en New Jersey Citizen Action. Su organizaci\u00f3n fue una de las impulsoras de la ley y cre\u00f3 el sitio web junto con el New Jersey Appleseed Public Interest Law Center, una organizaci\u00f3n sin fines de lucro dedicada a la defensa legal; Stevens Blueprint, un grupo estudiantil de tecnolog\u00eda que ofrece servicios pro bono a organizaciones sin fines de lucro, y otros colectivos de defensa. &#8220;Es el abec\u00e9 de la facturaci\u00f3n&#8221;, a\u00f1adi\u00f3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Queremos que la gente conozca todas las protecciones que tiene aqu\u00ed&#8221;, dijo Waddell a NJ Spotlight News a inicios de este mes, &#8220;a menudo m\u00e1s que en otros estados&#8221;.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Actualmente, alrededor de <a href=\"https:\/\/consumerfed.org\/does-your-state-allow-medical-bills-to-appear-on-credit-reports\/\">15 estados<\/a> proh\u00edben que la deuda m\u00e9dica impacte en la calificaci\u00f3n crediticia, seg\u00fan la Consumer Federation of America (Federaci\u00f3n de Consumidores de Estados Unidos), incluyendo la mayor\u00eda de los estados de Nueva Inglaterra y del Atl\u00e1ntico Medio, as\u00ed como todos los de la Costa Oeste. La administraci\u00f3n Biden intent\u00f3 crear protecciones similares a nivel nacional, pero la ley fue impugnada en tribunales y un juez federal de distrito en Texas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/07\/15\/nx-s1-5468438\/medical-debt-credit-reports-ruling\">fall\u00f3 que la agencia federal que emiti\u00f3 la norma hab\u00eda excedido sus atribuciones,<\/a> inform\u00f3 NPR el mes pasado. La administraci\u00f3n Trump declin\u00f3 continuar la batalla en defensa de los consumidores.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\" https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/diversity-expo-breakfast-2025-tickets-1514091280779?aff=oddtdtcreator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-08-15-at-4.19.59-PM-2-1-1-2-800x368.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-08-15-at-4.19.59-PM-2-1-1-2-800x368.png 800w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-08-15-at-4.19.59-PM-2-1-1-2-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-08-15-at-4.19.59-PM-2-1-1-2-768x353.png 768w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-08-15-at-4.19.59-PM-2-1-1-2-1536x706.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-08-15-at-4.19.59-PM-2-1-1-2-150x69.png 150w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-08-15-at-4.19.59-PM-2-1-1-2-696x320.png 696w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-08-15-at-4.19.59-PM-2-1-1-2-1068x491.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-08-15-at-4.19.59-PM-2-1-1-2.png 1592w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Es realmente lamentable para los estados que no han podido aprobar protecciones como la Ley Louisa Carmen&#8221;, afirm\u00f3 Waddell. &#8220;Gracias a Dios que Nueva Jersey lo hizo en el momento en que lo hizo&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Esta traducci\u00f3n fue proporcionada por <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanonewspaper.com\/\"><strong><em>Americano Newspaper<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>, en asociaci\u00f3n con el Centro de Medios Cooperativos de la Universidad Estatal de Montclair, y cuenta con el apoyo financiero del Consorcio de Informaci\u00f3n C\u00edvica de NJ. 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The story was originally written in English by <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.njspotlightnews.org\/2025\/08\/nj-state-funds-help-nonprofit-assist-low-income-residents-out-of-medical-debt\/\"><strong><em>NJ Spotlight News<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> and is republished under a special content sharing agreement through the NJ News Commons Spanish Translation News Service.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nueva Jersey ha destinado fondos estatales para apoyar a una organizaci\u00f3n sin fines de lucro que compra deudas m\u00e9dicas de personas de bajos ingresos Por Lilo H. Stainton, NJ Spotlight News. 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