Tag: RIP Medical Debt

M3 Wake Research Partners With RIP Medical Debt To Help Relieve Americans Of $1 Million Of Medical Bills

Stuart Mitchell

M3 Wake Research, a national network of clinical investigative sites and one of North America’s largest leading providers of Phase I-IV clinical research trials, donated funds to RIP Medical Debt, a 503(c)(3) non-profit organization that buys and eradicates medical debt for people struggling to pay mountains of medical bills. The sole purpose of RIP Medical Debt is to locate, purchase, and abolish unpaid and unpayable medical debt. Every $100 donated to RIP Medical Debt relieves approximately $10,000 of medical debt. Wake Research’s debt eradication campaign specifically targets the states where…

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RIP Medical Debt Announces Abolishment of $1 Billion in Medical Debt. 500,000 US Families Experience Relief from Their Crushing Medical Bills

Stuart Mitchell

RIP Medical Debt, the only national nonprofit that raises funds to relieve un-payable medical debt for Americans in need, announced Thursday morning that it has officially abolished one billion dollars in medical debt for over 500,000 people in all 50 states (including $65 million of debt owed by veterans). Founded by Craig Antico and Jerry Ashton in 2014, both former medical debt collectors with decades of experience, RIP rose to national prominence on an episode of “Last Week Tonight” with John Oliver, viewed by over 14 million people.  RIP facilitated the erasure…

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GetInsured Eliminates Nevada Medical Debt Totaling More Than Half A Million Dollars After New Survey Reveals Concerns Over High Cost of Health Care

Stuart Mitchell

GetInsured, a leading provider of health insurance marketplace technology, retired $580,899 of medical debt in the state of Nevada after its first-ever Nevada Resident Medical Debt Survey revealed more than half (55 percent) of respondents did not seek and/or declined medical treatment out of fear of what it might cost. The charitable effort in Nevada is a continuation of GetInsured’s state-by-state campaign to eliminate medical debt across America. Earlier this summer, GetInsured surveyed online 390 adults who reside in Nevada, a state in which 22 percent of the population has…

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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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