Help Abolish Medical Debt in Chicago-Land
Every dollar you donate forgives $100 in Medical Debt

The Problem
Medical debt is the leading cause of personal bankruptcy in the United States. Many patients with medical debt are uninsured or under-insured, leaving them especially vulnerable to unexpected medical expenses and emergencies, like cancer diagnoses, birth complications, and car accidents. Beyond life-altering financial consequences, medical debt has real health consequences. Medical debt can often deter people from getting the health care services they need.
How You Can Help
RIP Medical Debt uses your donations to purchase bundled medical debt portfolios on the secondary debt market, and then forgives that debt at pennies on the dollar. By donating to this campaign, you’ll help abolish medical debt in Cook, McHenry, Will, Lake, and Kane counties.
On average, $1 is leveraged to abolish $100 in medical debt. When debt relief recipients open the yellow envelope from RIP, they are told that their debt has been bought by a third party and erased with no strings attached. They owe nothing on the debt and face no tax penalty.
Campaign Support Recipients
- Recent Donations
- Joan Monica W. just donated $106
- Broadway United Methodist Church just donated $25
- Haley C. just donated $26.80
- Anonymous just donated $1,057
- Recent Donations
- Joan Monica W. just donated $106
- Broadway United Methodist Church just donated $25
- Haley C. just donated $26.80
- Anonymous just donated $1,057
Fundraise for This Campaign
Start a fundraiser to help those in need. Set a personal fundraising goal and track online donations easily with RIP.

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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