Five partnerships with RIP Medical Debt have been announced since October, which have erased millions of dollars in medical debt for Americans.
RIP Medical Debt is a nonprofit in New York City that forgives $100 in medical debt for every $1 donation.
Five recent partnerships, as reported on by Becker's:
1. 24 organizations wipe out $35M of medical debt for 24,000 Arkansans
Twenty-four organizations and donors relieved $35 million of medical debt for people in Arkansas through a partnership with nonprofit RIP Medical Debt, Arkansas Business reported Jan. 27.
2. RIP Medical, Vituity abolish $25M in patient medical debt
Vituity, a medical staffing service and physician group, partnered with RIP Medical Debt to erase $25.4 million of medical debt in the Pacific Northwest.
3. Church clears medical debt for 2,900 families
The United Church of Christ has eliminated $3.9 million in medical debt for 2,900 families in Arkansas and Tennessee, the Tennessean reported Jan. 11.
4. Mississippi church wipes 955 patients' medical debt
Jackson, Miss.-based The Word Center Church has canceled medical debt for 955 people in the state, the Jackson Free Press reported Nov. 12, 2021.
5. Voting rights PAC erases $212M in medical debt
Fair Fight — a national voting rights organization founded by former Georgia Rep. Stacey Abrams — announced Oct. 27 it will be eliminating $212 million of medical debt for over 108,000 people in the South through a $1.34 million donation to RIP Medical Debt.