This is True Reader Support to Relieve Medical Debt
Randy will personally match the first $1,000 donated.
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:
This is True — 47642
This is True has featured several stories of people using this nonprofit to relieve medical debt. I’d like to give you all a chance to be part of the stories.
Any amount will help: each dollar allows RIP Medical Debt to buy around $100 worth of debt that people cannot pay. They literally will have it wiped out so they can go on with their lives …sometimes without the survival of the loved ones who the money was spent trying to save.
Yes, it’s a crazy system we have in the U.S., and this awesome nonprofit is working to make it more sane. I will personally match the first $1,000 raised by my readers.
You can see the stories I mentioned above and more about this campaign at thisistrue.com/rip-md
Thank you for your support!
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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:
This is True — 47642
- Recent Donations
- Anonymous just donated $10.90
- Josh T. just donated $128
- Anonymous just donated $63.70
- Roger B. just donated $106
- Lindsey M. just donated $106
- Marianne W. just donated $128
- Anonymous just donated $53.20
- John A. just donated $318
New research on the impacts of medical debt
A new survey published by PerryUndem in 2023 shows that medical debt is a shared experience for patients across the country.
Key Findings
Patients are making tradeoffs that affect their daily lives.
- Nearly 7 in 10 Nearly 7 in 10 U.S. adults say they receive medical bills they cannot afford. Many are forced to delay paying the bill, put it on a credit card, or challenge the bill.
- 6 in 10 Six in ten patients report they have self-treated, delayed, or skipped dental and medical appointments. Thirty-four percent report changing the foods they eat or eating less food to afford health care.
People and patients feel trapped in debt and see no way out. They see medical debt as different from other forms of debt - entirely the fault of institutions and systems, and not something consumers have any control over.
- Nearly 50% Nearly half feel trapped and believe they will never be able to pay off their debt, while a third of respondents reported feeling heightened depression and anxiety.
- Nearly 9 in 10 Nearly 9 in 10 blame the health care industry for fueling the medical debt crisis - not patients themselves. They say the problem stems from the system putting profit over patients.
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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