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100,000,000+ adults nationwide are struggling with medical debt It weighs people down — and even makes them sick.

Positive Results

  • Provide social, emotional and physical relief.
  • Repair credit scores and improve economic security, allowing people to financially rebuild their lives.
  • Alleviate the need for financial sacrifices.

Storytelling gives debt relief recipients an opportunity to reflect on how medical debt has affected their lives—and that it’s the fault of the system, not an individual.

Policy Prioritization

These perspectives inform our policy priorities and the structural changes for which we advocate.

Testimonials illuminate the value of our work, center it on the people most impacted by medical debt and keep us accountable to them.


  • Anonymous

    “Thank you for this blessing, it could not have come at a more opportune moment. I have been unemployed for the past seven months due to a work injury, that has really placed a financial burden on my…

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  • Christopher

    “I received numerous letters in the mail saying that your charity, and the people involved paid almost [19, 000] dollars of medical debt for me. I’ve been trying to pay this for a few years now through plans…

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  • M.

    “This gift was such a tremendous blessing to me in more ways than the debt relief itself. I have never in my life gotten anything that says, “total debt: $7,809.00….balance: ABOLISHED”. At first glance, I thought it was…

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  • Laurenn

    “Thank you for your help. I have fallen so far behind in my medical bills due to unemployment and the fact that in may of 2020 I was shot when someone attempted to steal my car from me.…

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  • Anonymous

    “Thank you so much! This is gonna help me(my family) out so much!”

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  • Anonymous

    “Thank you for this blessing and helping me on my road to clearing up my credit to hopefully soon purchase my first home. Thank you again.”

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  • Suzie

    “I received an unbelievable letter from RockPointe Church in Leander back in January, 2020!  I do mean “unbelievable” letter. It was hard to believe that an unknown organization paid my medical debt of $140.85.  I want to genuinely…

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  • Daniel

    “I have been struggling to rebuild credit and have been beset by seemingly invisible obstacles. This debt was one of those obstacles! My credit score has gone up enough to allow me a loan that I needed to…

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  • T.M.

    “This unexpected and amazing gift literally brought me to tears. I incurred this debt during a horribly difficult time in my life. I was uninsured, unemployed, and without hope. With the help of family, friends, and great counseling,…

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  • Oscar

    “In disbelief upon receiving a letter in mail saying my medical debt is paid. Certainly this must be a joke, but it is not. I want to thank the people who made this happen and thank them from…

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  • Vanessa

    “Thank you so much to the donor that abolishes my debt. You are truly a blessing to myself and others.”

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  • M.N.

    “Many Americans are just one paycheck away from homelessness and living under the poverty line. I had no way to pay these bills and they were on my credit report for many years. I am so thankful that…

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