Help Abolish Medical Debt Today
Every Dollar You Donate Forgives $100 In Medical Debt
To donate to this campaign by mail, please send a check:
Payable To:
RIP Medical Debt
Address:
RIP Medical Debt
P. O. Box 411675
Boston, MA 02241-1675
Memo Line:
Hope Episcopal Church — 44929
Dear Friends,
Welcome to Phase II of Help, Healing & Hope!
It has been a humbling experience to be able to help so many people who struggle with stifling medical debt for our neighbors right here in Pennsylvania.
Over half of all collections activity in this country is medical related. With our help, RIP has been able to purchase this debt for pennies on the dollar, and we have already paid off over 1.2 Million dollars of medical debt by raising $10,000 working together.
What has encouraged us the most is that these funds were raised starting with Hope Church,Manheim and St. Luke’s, Lebanon: two churches that over their history have worked together since the days of their founding, and are now in two separate Diocese in Central Pennsylvania, and Bethlehem. We are finding occasion to work together again.
Loving our neighbors, with our neighbors has helped us discover common mission together and we are thrilled. What’s even better is that Phase I was funded by dozens of Episcopal Churches in both dioceses, as well as through a number of special offerings, personal donations, and support by faith communities.
At the conclusion of Phase I of the initiative people paying on these debts received a paid-in- full notice rather than a regular bill that informed them that their debt was paid by “The Episcopal Church”.
Phase II allows us to work together to keep this good thing going. We are honored to work with all of you on this common mission and are very appreciative of your generosity!
Together, let us in Jesus’ name offer Help, Healing & Hope!
To learn more about the two churches that began the initiative, or our two dioceses, or see how recent news features on RIP Medical Debt, please click on the links below.
If you wish to join us with your support you may send contributions payable to “Hope Episcopal Church” and designate “Medical Debt” in the memo line and we will forward your gifts to the campaign. You may contribute here: https://hopeepiscopal.org/help-healing-hope/# for our online giving link at Hope Church – OR – contribute directly on the RIP page.
Watch the launch video for Phase II here: https://youtu.be/AAsCKrcj3ZA
Church Address: Hope Episcopal Church 2425 Mountain Road, Manheim, PA 17545
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To donate to this campaign by mail, please send a check:
Payable To:
RIP Medical Debt
Address:
RIP Medical Debt
P. O. Box 411675
Boston, MA 02241-1675
Memo Line:
Hope Episcopal Church — 44929
- Recent Donations
- Coeli W. just donated $37.30
- Anonymous just donated $529
- Susan W. just donated $128
- Misty L. just donated $26.80
- Anonymous just donated $487
- Anonymous just donated $529
- Anonymous just donated $106
- Anonymous just donated $529
New research on the impacts of medical debt
A new survey published by PerryUndem in 2023 shows that medical debt is a shared experience for patients across the country.
Key Findings
Patients are making tradeoffs that affect their daily lives.
- Nearly 7 in 10 Nearly 7 in 10 U.S. adults say they receive medical bills they cannot afford. Many are forced to delay paying the bill, put it on a credit card, or challenge the bill.
- 6 in 10 Six in ten patients report they have self-treated, delayed, or skipped dental and medical appointments. Thirty-four percent report changing the foods they eat or eating less food to afford health care.
People and patients feel trapped in debt and see no way out. They see medical debt as different from other forms of debt - entirely the fault of institutions and systems, and not something consumers have any control over.
- Nearly 50% Nearly half feel trapped and believe they will never be able to pay off their debt, while a third of respondents reported feeling heightened depression and anxiety.
- Nearly 9 in 10 Nearly 9 in 10 blame the health care industry for fueling the medical debt crisis - not patients themselves. They say the problem stems from the system putting profit over patients.
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How RIP Works
Over a hundred million Americans, one in three, struggles with the weight of medical debt.
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You make a donation
We use data analytics to pinpoint the debt of those most in need: households that earn less than 4x the federal poverty level (varies by state, family size) or whose debts are 5% or more of annual income.
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RIP buys medical debt at a steep discount
We buy debt in bundles, millions of dollars at a time at a fraction of the original cost. This means your donation relieves about 100x its value in medical debt.
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Together we wipe out medical debt
People across the country receive letters that their debt has been erased. They have no tax consequences or penalties to consider. Just like that, they’re free of medical debt.
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