From Alabama (Episcopal Cafe)-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Mountain Brook, in partnership with the Diocese of Alabama, recently bought and forgave $8.1 million in medical debt.
Over the Mountain Journal reports:
Over
the holidays, roughly 6,500 Alabama households received a notice in the
mail that their medical debts had been purchased and forgiven by the
Episcopal Diocese of Alabama.
Those letters were the
culmination of a fundraising campaign undertaken by Saint Luke’s
Episcopal Church in Mountain Brook, which commemorated its 70th
anniversary by eliminating $8.1 million in medical debts throughout the
Birmingham metro area and its surrounding counties.
…
The Episcopal Diocese of
Alabama quickly got on board, donating just more than $10,000 to kick
off fundraising efforts. The church then raised $68,000 more, mostly
from parishioners, though others in the community pitched in as well,
Nations said. Because hospitals sell off unpaid bills at discounted
rates, the church and RIP Medical Debt were able to buy $8.1 million in
debt for just $78,000.
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