Tag: medical debt

WeTransfer and Headspace partner to forgive medical debt for low-income Los Angeles residents

Stuart Mitchell

WeTransfer, the company that supports creativity with tools to move ideas, and Headspace, a global mindfulness brand whose aim is to improve the health and happiness of the world, announced they have partnered to forgive nearly $30 million of medical debt for those facing financial hardship in the city of Los Angeles. WeTransfer and Headspace are working together with RIP Medical Debt, a non-profit organization that locates, buys and forgives medical debt for pennies on the dollar on behalf of individuals, foundations and corporations to clear medical debt for those…

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RIP Medical Debt Launches the Most Ambitious Medical Debt Abolishment in U.S. History

Stuart Mitchell

RIP Medical Debt announced a national campaign today that will forgive $250 million in medical debt across the country before the year’s end. This is the biggest medical debt abolishment in the history of the United States and was made possible by one couple’s generous donation. RIP Medical Debt is a nonprofit that qualifies and helps groups of individuals and families by buying large portfolios of debt from medical providers and debt sellers on the debt market (for pennies on the dollar) and forgiving it. As little as $1 donated…

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Hustle For Humanity Introduces New Robin Hood Bailout Program

Stuart Mitchell

The 501(c)(3) nonprofit Hustle For Humanity introduces their new Robin Hood Bailout Program in which the charity plans to locate, buy, and forgive thousands of people’s medical debt each year. On their website they state: “In accordance with Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we recognize that basic healthcare is a fundamental human right that should be extended to each and every member of the human family. Unfortunately, even in developed first world countries like America, this is not yet the case. Article 25: (1) Everyone has…

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