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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