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CNN Features Debt Jubilee!

CNN Features Debt Jubilee!

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

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100 Million People in America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt

100 Million People in America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt

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

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