Campaign to relieve debt in Georgia!
Every dollar you donate forgives $100 in Medical Debt
The Athens-Clarke County Democratic Committee is following the lead of Stacey Abrams and working to forgive medical debt of people in our community. RIP Medical Debt is an organization that bundles medical debt in the collections phase that can be purchased and forgiven cheaply (sadly this cheaply forgivable debt accounts for less than 1% of all medical debt). Every $1 forgives $100. This means our fundraising goal of $5,000 will forgive $500,000 of crushing medical debt that debt collectors are holding over our neighbors. The organization has a rating of 100/100 on Charity Navigator. Letters are also sent to the people whose debt is forgiven and we will receive a Debt Fulfillment Report.
Based on available medical debt that can be acquired and forgiven, we will use money raised to forgive debt with the following priorities:
1. All medical debt that can be purchased cheaply to provide medical debt relief for residents of Clarke County.
2. All medical debt that can be purchased cheaply to provide medical debt relief for residents of neighboring counties Oconee, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe, and Barrow.
3. All medical debt that can be purchased cheaply to provide medical debt relief for residents of all US Congressional District 10 counties such as Elbert, Walton, Morgan, Greene, Taliferro, Butts, Jasper, Putnam, Hancock, Henry, Newton, and Wilkes counties.
4. Any additional money raised would go to Georgians in other counties.
Target Date of Completion: 2022
Campaign Support Recipients
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- Recent Donations
- Samuel B. just donated $102.77
- Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, M. just donated $513.03
- Anonymous just donated $102.77
- Stephanie And Steve H. just donated $200
- Pat P. just donated $35
- Mary R. just donated $256.62
- Ann R. just donated $50
- Anonymous just donated $5
Fundraise for This Campaign
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How RIP Works
Over a hundred million Americans, one in three, struggles with the weight of medical debt.
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You make a donation
We use data analytics to pinpoint the debt of those most in need: households that earn less than 4x the federal poverty level (varies by state, family size) or whose debts are 5% or more of annual income.
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RIP buys medical debt at a steep discount
We buy debt in bundles, millions of dollars at a time at a fraction of the original cost. This means your donation relieves about 100x its value in medical debt.
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Together we wipe out medical debt
People across the country receive letters that their debt has been erased. They have no tax consequences or penalties to consider. Just like that, they’re free of medical debt.
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