Licks of Fire: Doing Justice, Loving Mercy, Walking Humbly with God - RIP Medical Debt

Licks of Fire: Doing Justice, Loving Mercy, Walking Humbly with God

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Campaign Created ByPlymouth United Church of Christ, Seattle

As a measure of our faith in action, Plymouth Church Seattle begins its campaign to end medical debt in Washington State and beyond. Beginning on the day of Pentecost, we hope to continue creating a world where equity is the order of the day. The day of Pentecost is appropriate because it represents the spirit rushing in as a mighty wind, and settling upon each in community as a lick of fire. It symbolizes the beloved community, and the awareness that all people are worthy, known and loved.

Through your donations, RIP Medical Debt purchases bundled medical debt portfolios from the secondary debt market and hospital systems and then eliminates that debt for pennies on the dollar. On average, $1 is leveraged to abolish $100 in medical debt, and every donation made on this page will be spent directly on abolishing medical debt across the states of Washington, Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee.

Debt relief recipients will receive a letter from RIP, and they will be told that their debt has been bought and erased with no strings attached. Each recipient will owe nothing on the debt and will face no tax penalty. For those touched by this movement to abolish medical debt, it will be a year of Jubilee!

Join us as we end medical debt for the most impacted in the Pacific Northwest, the South, and in places where the crisis of medical debt looms.  Together, you and I can do the work of equity and justice, following the spirit to infuse freedom in the world.

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Washington
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
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How RIP Works

Over a hundred million Americans, one in three, struggles with the weight of medical debt.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.


Frequent Questions

Yes. We are a 501(c)(3) charity and your donation is 100% tax deductible.


Relevant Documents:

When we purchase a portfolio of medical debt, we abolish debt for individuals who:

  • Earn less than 4x the federal poverty level (varies by state, family size).
  • Debts are 5 percent or more of annual income.

We only buy debt that has been pre-qualified by our partners to meet at least one of these criteria. 

We never collect on debt we purchase, only relieve it.

No. With your help, we abolish medical debt permanently. Recipients have no adverse tax consequences, obligations, or strings attached.

For those whose medical debts are relieved, the relief is a gift from a detached and disinterested third party (RIP) as an act of generosity, so relief of the debt does not count as income to the debtor. We will not file a Form 1099-C with the IRS.

Due to HIPAA laws, RIP Medical Debt cannot disclose the names, contact information or any other specific details of the debt relief beneficiaries.

RIP Medical Debt cannot relieve debt by individual request.

While we would love to help everyone who needs assistance, RIP Medical Debt cannot abolish medical debt for specific individuals. We approach the problem of medical debt by acquiring large portfolios of debt to help thousands of people at once.

Because medical debt affects so many people who may not have debt accounts in the portfolios we purchase, we have compiled a list of resources that may be able to help in ways RIP Medical Debt cannot.

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