The Latest Breaking News from RIP Medical Debt

Forgiving medical debt after it is sent to collections has fewer benefits – study

Experts partnered with RIP Medical Debt, a medical non-profit that buys and forgives debt, found it had little effect on people’s credit scores and mental health

The Guardian - US · Apr 14, 2024

NYC joins a growing wave of local governments erasing residents' medical debt

The city is partnering with the nonprofit RIP Medical Debt to buy up and forgive unpaid medical bills. The trend started in Cook County, Ill., and is spreading to cities across the country.

WEKU · Jan 23, 2024

Majority of debtors to US hospitals now people with health insurance

Analysts say a ‘sea change’ occurred in the American healthcare system from when only a tenth of debt came from the insured

The Guardian - US · Jan 11, 2024

Medical debt of 22,300 Trinity Health of New England patients to be erased

More than 22,000 patients of Trinity Health of New England will have their medical debts erased after an agreement with RIP Medical Debt, a national nonprofit.

Tribune News Service · Apr 19, 2023

Local communities are buying medical debt for pennies on the dollar–and freeing American families from the threat of bankruptcy

Under this new model, everyday Americans are receiving letters letting them know that their crippling medical debt has been canceled.

Fortune · Mar 10, 2023

Governments target medical debt with COVID relief funds

An increasing number of municipal, county and state governments are using federal pandemic relief funds to pay residents’ burdensome medical debt

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023

RIP Medical Debt seeks to buy, resolve more hospital debt

The CEO of a nonprofit that helps people with medical debt wants to expand the amount of debt her organization buys, especially from hospitals

The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2023

How nonprofits help millions tackle their medical debt

Nikiesha Barnett had knee surgery in 2006 and took unpaid leave from her job as a Georgia hospital coordinator while she was recovering

The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2022

A city and county in Ohio just teamed up to wipe out up to $240 million in crushing medical debt for residents

“Washington may not have a plan for medical debt relief but Toledo, Ohio does."

Fortune · Nov 11, 2022

Editorial: Predatory givers save people in debt, but that's not enough

They began as debt collectors, trying to get people burdened by medical costs to pay up. But the conversations they had persuaded them to do something else — something better. Through listening to people explain their struggles, Craig Antico and Jerry Ashton “would understand and have better insights into the…

Tribune News Service · Aug 23, 2022