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RIP Medical Debt is a Long Island City–based 501(c)(3) charity focused on the elimination of personal medical debt. Founded in 2014 by former debt collection executives Jerry Ashton and Craig Antico, the charity purchases medical debt on the debt collection market, and then forgives the debt. The charity converts every dollar contributed into $100 of purchased medical debt relief. The founders were inspired by medical debt elimination efforts by Occupy Wall Street. The charity gained attention in 2016 when the TV show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver used them to turn $60,000 into $15 million of debt forgiveness. As of June 2022, the charity has forgiven debts for over 2,800,000 individuals and families, totaling over $5 billion.

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  • RIP Medical Debt is a Long Island City–based 501(c)(3) charity focused on the elimination of personal medical debt. Founded in 2014 by former debt collection executives Jerry Ashton and Craig Antico, the charity purchases medical debt on the debt collection market, and then forgives the debt. The charity converts every dollar contributed into $100 of purchased medical debt relief. The founders were inspired by medical debt elimination efforts by Occupy Wall Street. The charity gained attention in 2016 when the TV show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver used them to turn $60,000 into $15 million of debt forgiveness. As of June 2022, the charity has forgiven debts for over 2,800,000 individuals and families, totaling over $5 billion. In January 2020, professional basketball player Trae Young of the Atlanta Hawks donated $10,000 to the non-profit to abolish a total of $1,000,000 in medical debt. In December 2020, MacKenzie Scott, former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, donated $50 million. (en)
  • A RIP Medical Debt é uma instituição de caridade 501(c)(3) baseada em Long Island City focada na eliminação de dívidas médicas pessoais. Fundada em 2014 pelos ex-executivos de cobrança de dívidas Jerry Ashton e Craig Antico, a instituição de caridade compra dívidas médicas no mercado de cobrança de dívidas e depois perdoa a dívida. A instituição de caridade converte cada dólar contribuído em US$ 100 de alívio da dívida médica comprada. Os fundadores foram inspirados pelos esforços de eliminação de dívidas médicas do Occupy Wall Street. A caridade ganhou atenção em 2016, quando o programa de TV Last Week Tonight with John Oliver os usou para transformar US$ 60.000 em US$ 15 milhões em perdão de dívidas. Em junho de 2022, a instituição de caridade perdoou dívidas de mais de 2.800.000 indivíduos e famílias, totalizando mais de US$ 5 bilhões. Em janeiro de 2020, o jogador profissional de basquete Trae Young, do Atlanta Hawks, doou US$ 10.000 para a organização sem fins lucrativos para abolir um total de US$ 1.000.000 em dívidas médicas. Em dezembro de 2020, MacKenzie Scott, ex-esposa do fundador da Amazon, Jeff Bezos, doou US$ 50 milhões. (pt)
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  • RIP Medical Debt is a Long Island City–based 501(c)(3) charity focused on the elimination of personal medical debt. Founded in 2014 by former debt collection executives Jerry Ashton and Craig Antico, the charity purchases medical debt on the debt collection market, and then forgives the debt. The charity converts every dollar contributed into $100 of purchased medical debt relief. The founders were inspired by medical debt elimination efforts by Occupy Wall Street. The charity gained attention in 2016 when the TV show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver used them to turn $60,000 into $15 million of debt forgiveness. As of June 2022, the charity has forgiven debts for over 2,800,000 individuals and families, totaling over $5 billion. (en)
  • A RIP Medical Debt é uma instituição de caridade 501(c)(3) baseada em Long Island City focada na eliminação de dívidas médicas pessoais. Fundada em 2014 pelos ex-executivos de cobrança de dívidas Jerry Ashton e Craig Antico, a instituição de caridade compra dívidas médicas no mercado de cobrança de dívidas e depois perdoa a dívida. A instituição de caridade converte cada dólar contribuído em US$ 100 de alívio da dívida médica comprada. Os fundadores foram inspirados pelos esforços de eliminação de dívidas médicas do Occupy Wall Street. A caridade ganhou atenção em 2016, quando o programa de TV Last Week Tonight with John Oliver os usou para transformar US$ 60.000 em US$ 15 milhões em perdão de dívidas. Em junho de 2022, a instituição de caridade perdoou dívidas de mais de 2.800.000 in (pt)
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