Licks of Fire: Doing Justice, Loving Mercy, Walking Humbly with God
To donate to this campaign by mail, please send a check:
Payable To:
RIP Medical Debt
Address:
RIP Medical Debt
P. O. Box 411675
Boston, MA 02241-1675
Memo Line:
Plymouth United Church of Christ, Seattle — 44942
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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To donate to this campaign by mail, please send a check:
Payable To:
RIP Medical Debt
Address:
RIP Medical Debt
P. O. Box 411675
Boston, MA 02241-1675
Memo Line:
Plymouth United Church of Christ, Seattle — 44942
- Recent Donations
- Anonymous just donated $1,000
- Anonymous just donated $69
- Anonymous just donated $32.10
- Anonymous just donated $1,553
- Tracy S. just donated $529
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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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