The NC Justice Center is asking North Carolinians to urge Hospital CEOs to cooperate with Governor Cooper’s debt relief plan:
https://secure.everyaction.com/wWPZUtgqREyCb2dGQIk-Rg2
The NC Justice Center is asking North Carolinians to urge Hospital CEOs to cooperate with Governor Cooper’s debt relief plan:
https://secure.everyaction.com/wWPZUtgqREyCb2dGQIk-Rg2
Our summer Debt Jubilee Project is underway!
This campaign targets Davidson, Yadkin, Davie, Surry, Stokes, Rockingham, Randolph, Wilkes, Alleghany, Ashe, Rowan, Iredell, Catawba, and Alexander counties. Overflow will be used state-wide. Rowan County has $1.2 million in debt available, but it is older and will probably come very cheaply. We are targeting $15K to purchase somewhere between $1 to $1.5 million in debt.
Debt Jubilee Project – Trinity Moravian Church
You can also visit https://debtjubileeproject.org and the DONATE link will take you to the fundraising page.
Debt Jubilee Project was on the front page of CNN on 4/26, and the story continues to circulate! We had so much traffic later that day our serve crashed. We have had many churches around the country contact us to learn how they can do something similar, and many local partners that are helping with our next campaign. You can read the article here:
A church is canceling people’s medical debt for pennies on the dollar. It wants others to join in
The Debt Jubilee Project was featured on the front page of the Winston-Salem Journal on October 3, 2022. Scott Sexton and videographer Ragan Robinson did a great job on the story and interviews. Read the full story here:
Be sure to watch the videos!
Our church was one of the churches interviewed for this article – we’re the one with “jubilee” in the name! Many churches are starting to deal with medical debt through RIP Medical Debt.
Churches Are Forgiving Medical Debt for Pennies. Yours Can Too | Sojourners
A recent investigation by Kaiser Health News and NPR reveals that 100 million Americans have significant medical debt. This is far more pervasive than previously reported.
“Debt is no longer just a bug in our system. It is one of the main products,” said Dr. Rishi Manchanda, who has worked with low-income patients in California for more than a decade and served on the board of the nonprofit RIP Medical Debt. “We have a health care system almost perfectly designed to create debt.”
https://khn.org/news/article/diagnosis-debt-investigation-100-million-americans-hidden-medical-debt/
Featured photo from Pexels/Pavel Danilyuk