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Five@slrpnk.net to U.S. News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 9 months ago

New York City plans to wipe out $2 billion in medical debt for 500,000 residents

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New York City plans to wipe out $2 billion in medical debt for 500,000 residents

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Five@slrpnk.net to U.S. News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 9 months ago
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams says the city intends to wipe out more than $2 billion in medical debt for up to 500,000 residents
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      What’s more insane is how there’s even a market to buy this debt for pennies on the dollar.

      Private insurance was a mistake.

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        Seems like I should be able to buy my own medical debt for pennies on the dollar.

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    Make no mistake, organizations such as RIP Medical Debt are making a difference. I dug into their 990s and annual reports and determined that there is a substantial cost to delivering this boon to those in need. In 2022, 1.77 billion in debt was reported abolished. The purchased cost of that debt was 6 million. Additional operating expenses for the organization were 1.7 million.

    Source. https://ripmedicaldebt.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2022_FINANCIAL_STATEMENT_AND_AUDITOR_REPORT.pdf

    More needs to be done for medical cost reduction in our nation.

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