THEE Alliance Forgiving Medical Debt
You are donating directly to RIP Medical Debt on behalf of THEE Alliance. Every $1 donated abolishes approximately $100 of 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:
THEE Alliance — 25002
REMINDER: IF YOU ARE DONATING AS A CONGREGATION, PLEASE USE YOUR CONGREGATION’S NAME RATHER THAN INDIVIDUAL NAME!
Minnesota and Upper Midwest faith communities are coming together as THEE Alliance Forgiving Medical Debt to erase debt for financial hardship families. Leveraging our legendary generosity with RIP’s expertise, our goal is to forgive $100 million for 50,000 families over the next three years!
Medical costs have doubled in the past forty years, insurance copays and deductibles have spiked, and bankruptcy rates have quadrupled, creating an avalanche of destructive medical debt. More than 60% of bankruptcies in America have medical debt as a root cause.
You can make a lasting difference in the lives of people experiencing the challenge of medical debt. Join in the goal of forgiving $100 million for 50,000 families over the next three years. To date, THEE Alliance has forgiven over $19M of medical debt.
What is THEE Alliance?
- Faith communities who profess to love, serve, and help their neighbors
- Full list of members and consolidated results are available at THEEAlliance.org
How can you be involved?
- Visit THEEAlliance.org to learn more and complete the form to join
- Email [email protected] with any questions you have
THEE Alliance Founding Members
- Lord of Life Lutheran Church, ELCA – Maple Grove, MN
- First Congregational Church of Winona, UCC – Winona, MN
- Grace Presbyterian Church – Winona, MN
- Central Lutheran Church, ELCA – Winona, MN
- Cedar Valley Lutheran, ELCA – Winona, MN
- Lutheran Campus Center of Winona – Winona, MN
- Woodbury Lutheran Church, LCMS – Woodbury, MN
- Trinity Lutheran Church, ELCA – North Branch, MN
- St. Anthony Park UCC – St. Paul, MN
- Falcon Heights UCC – Falcon Heights, MN
- Gethsemane Lutheran – Hopkins, MN
- St. Andrew’s Lutheran – Eden Prairie, MN
- Advent Lutheran – Maple Grove, MN
- Christ Lutheran Church, ELCA – Preston, MN
- St. Michael Lutheran Church, ELCA – Roseville, MN
- Zion Lutheran Church, ELCA – Anoka, MN
- Wesley United Methodist Church – Winona, MN
- St. Barnabas Lutheran Church – Plymouth, MN
- Alleluia Lutheran Church – St. Michael, MN
- St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church – Maple Grove, MN
- Word of Peace Lutheran Church – Rogers, MN
- Lutheran Church of the Resurrection – Roseville, MN
- Mount Olivet Lutheran – Minneapolis, MN
- Gethsemane Lutheran – Virginia, MN
- Capitol Hill Lutheran – Des Moines, IA
- All Saints Lutheran Church – Darwin, MN
- St. John’s Catholic Church – Darwin, MN
- Friends of THEE Alliance
Campaign Support Recipients
- Recent Donations
- Advent Lutheran Church of Maple Grove just donated $8,237
- Susan W. just donated $212
- Robert P. just donated $635
- Kelly And Lisa P. just donated $128
- Anonymous just donated $212
- Anonymous just donated $106
- Terry M. just donated $106
- Danny&Michelle H. just donated $79.60
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:
THEE Alliance — 25002
- Recent Donations
- Advent Lutheran Church of Maple Grove just donated $8,237
- Susan W. just donated $212
- Robert P. just donated $635
- Kelly And Lisa P. just donated $128
- Anonymous just donated $212
- Anonymous just donated $106
- Terry M. just donated $106
- Danny&Michelle H. just donated $79.60
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.
Fundraise for This Campaign
Start a fundraiser to help those in need. Set a personal fundraising goal and track online donations easily with RIP.
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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