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
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How RIP Works
Over a hundred million Americans, one in three, struggles with the weight of medical debt.
Here’s how we lift them up.
You make a donation
With every donation, RIP uses its precise data analytics to pinpoint the medical debt of those most in need of relief: households whose incomes are less than four times the federal poverty level guideline or with medical debt representing at least 5% of gross income.
RIP buys medical debt at a steep discount
Your donations allow us to buy debt in bundled portfolios, millions of dollars at a time at a fraction of the original cost. On average, whatever you donate has 100x the impact.
Together we wipe out medical debt
People across the country receive a letter that their debt is gone. No taxes. No penalties. Just like that, they’re free of medical debt.
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