Our Mission
Medical debt is a uniquely American injustice. It prevents millions from achieving financial stability and subjects them to emotional anguish.
Our mission is to end medical debt and be:
Our Story
RIP Medical Debt was founded in 2014 by two former debt collections executives, Craig Antico and Jerry Ashton.
Over the course of decades in the debt-buying industry, Craig and Jerry met with thousands of Americans saddled with unpaid and un-payable medical debt and realized they were uniquely qualified to help these people in need.
They used their expertise and compassion to create a unique way to relieve medical debt: they would use donations to buy large bundles of medical debt and then relieve that debt with no tax consequences to donors or recipients. From this idea came RIP Medical Debt, a New York based 501(C)(3). The results have been spectacular— $5,000,010,000 in medical debts eradicated so far, providing financial relief for over 2,813,986 individuals and families.
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We know it’s important that your donation is being used effectively and responsibly. We constantly strive to be transparent and accountable in everything we do.
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END MEDICAL DEBT:
Curing America’s $1 Trillion Unpayable Healthcare Debt.
Amid all the urgent debate over rising healthcare costs and shrinking coverage, we have overlooked the devastating personal and social impact of an estimate $1 trillion in unpaid and unpayable medical debt.
End Medical Debt offers clear-eyed insights on America’s broken healthcare system and what we each can do about it.
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