A New York City woman who died Sunday from cancer has raised enough money to erase millions of dollars in medical debt with a posthumous plea for help.
The posts included a link to a fundraising campaign started through the nonprofit RIP Medical Debt.
It had raised about $140,000 by Friday afternoon, or enough to buy around $14 million in medical debt.
RIP Medical Debt erases debt purchased from hospitals, other health care providers and the secondary debt market.
They were inspired by a video they saw of North Carolina churchgoers burning about $3 million in medical debt.
Persons:
Casey McIntyre, McIntyre, ” “, Andrew Rose Gregory, Gregory, Casey, ”, Daniel Lempert, Grace, “ Casey, ” Gregory
Organizations:
York City, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, North, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP
Locations:
York, U.S, Brooklyn, North Carolina