Campaign to relieve $12M in medical debt for South Carolinians

South Carolina donors have raised funds to relieve medical debt for 12,700 families in the state, the Post and Courier reported Dec. 18.  

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More than $57,000 was raised in the campaign, which will donate the money to RIP Medical Debt to forgive $11.9 million in hospital bills, according to the report. 

South Carolina has the second-highest rate of medical debt in the U.S., with 22.87 percent of residents with unpaid healthcare bills, according to the report. 

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