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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.


  • Samantha

    “I am a single mom. I’m starting up my own company, I’m trying to make a better life for my daughter. Her dad left us when I was 3 months preg. I have had to do this 100%…

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  • Michelle

    “I am a single mother of two children, ages 14 and eight. I am on assistance for healthcare through our state and I rely heavily on this assistance. I would not be able to take care of myself…

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  • Virginia

    “Thank you so much to Undue Medical Debt and my benefactor(s). I am ever so grateful for any help given to me with my medical debt. I have Multiple Sclerosis and Congestive Heart Failure so I have many…

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  • Cece

    “I wanted to say thank you very much it been .hard time for me paying my bills and paying extra bills right I’m fix income and my beautiful daughter is ok and she .wanted thank you payment my…

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  • Gabrielle

    “In 2015 my daughter was diagnosed with a rare liver condition called Biliary Atresia. In 2016 she had a life saving liver transplant. During that time we spent more time in the hospital than I can count. Our…

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  • Lanisha

    “Thanks so much for this program because I had no idea on how I was going to pay off my outstanding debt.”

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  • Joyce

    “Thank you so much for doing this, I am retired and didn’t have the money to pay. I appreciate everything you guys have done for me!”

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  • Margarita

    “Usually I don’t pay attention to those types of letters. I’ll toss them out thinking it’s a scam, especially now you never know. I told my husband that I got a letter in the mail saying there was…

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  • Timothy

    “After several years of having old medical debt I got a letter that it had been paid! I was working as an independent contractor and was thrown from a truck. I still have scars from that altercation. It…

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  • Lashonda

    “We are so appreciative to those who paid our daughter’s medical bills! It’s not only a relief but truly a blessing to see that there are generous individuals out there. Thank you Undue Medical Debt!”

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  • Leslie

    “Single mom of two diagnosed with Breast Cancer and incurring massive bills. I was paying back what I could when Covid hit. Not working for almost a year and finally getting a job but having so many bills…

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