Help Abolish Medical Debt in Dallas/Fort Worth Today

The Problem 

For many years, Texas has consistently held one of the highest rates of medically uninsured citizens in the United States. With medical costs rising at an exponential rate over the past four decades, paying off medical bills is a feat that is insurmountable for many Americans.

According to a recent study conducted by Kaiser Health News and NPR, more than 100 million Americans suffer from the burden of medical debt. The same study revealed that of the 20 most populous counties in the country, Texas has the highest percentage of people struggling to pay their medical bills, with Dallas and Tarrant counties at the top of the list.

In addition to the already high insured rate, when COVID-19 hit, even more Texans were added to that total. The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas wrote that the pandemic created a “perfect storm for medical debt,” where the loss of jobs and subsequential loss of medical insurance, combined with a global pandemic, has left so many with little hope of relief from this financial stress.

How You Can Help Dallas/Fort Worth

RIP Medical Debt uses your donations to purchase bundled medical debt portfolios on the secondary debt market, and then forgives that debt at pennies on the dollar. This specific campaign will benefit Dallas, Tarrant, Rockwall, Denton, Kaufman, Ellis, Hunt, Delta, Collin, Parker, Wise, and Johnson Counties.

On average, $1 is leveraged to abolish $100 in medical debt, and every donation through this page will be spent directly on abolishing medical debt in North Texas. With $62 million of medical debt available in the counties listed alone, there is ample opportunity to make a difference.

When debt relief recipients open the yellow envelope from RIP, they are told that their debt has been bought by a third party and erased with no strings attached. They owe nothing on the debt and face no tax penalty. A recent beneficiary wrote to us, saying, 

“I opened this letter while working today and almost cried. This medical debt was the last one on my Equifax credit report, but I didn’t know when I’d have money to pay it with ongoing medical and living expenses. What a blessing!” 

 MIA FROM DALLAS, TX, RIP MEDICAL DEBT RECIPIENT OF DEBT RELIEF

Every dollar you contribute is a $100 investment in North Texas towns and cities. On average, $8.87 will wipe out the debt associated with a single billing account. Money will stay in the community instead of being taken by out-of-state debt collectors. Please join us today!

Initial funding for this debt relief project provided by The Sholar Foundation and The Chrest Foundation.

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