IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award
End Medical Debt is a finalist for a Gold or Silver 2022 Benjamin Franklin Award in the Health category. The winner will be announced on April 29 at the Independent Book Publishers Association annual meeting in Orlando. Stay tuned!
New Edition Published
END MEDICAL DEBT Curing America’s Healthcare Crisis Covid Recovery Edition As the pandemic peaks and recedes, three seasoned industry insiders reveal the reasons for $140 billion in medical debt burdening America. They offer insights for surviving and fixing our broken healthcare system. Highlights of End Medical Debt Paints the Big Picture…
The Real Birthday Present I Want is Debt Forgiveness
By Jerry Ashton, co-Founder of RIP Medical Debt. It’s My Birthday. I am 83 Years Old. Thanks to COVID-19, I’ve Got a Problem with That. Let me be clear. My problem is not in having a birthday, nor being an octogenarian. My problem is with the coronavirus and all that…
Disrupting the Medical Debt Collection Highway – Today!
Healthcare costs are a major concern for people in the US, with over 137 million people struggling to pay medical bills and 79 million people burdened with medical debt. Healthcare provider bills are often viewed as vague and arbitrary, with exorbitant markups – as much as 200 times the cost…
The Doctors on TV feature the book, End Medical Debt
The Doctors show on TV this Wednesday, January 15, presents a segment about the charity, RIP Medical Debt, and the book, End Medical Debt, an Amazon #1 bestseller (each copy sold forgives $500 in unpayable medical debt). Consult your local listings for time and channel. Jerry Ashton and…
PBS NewsHour report on RIP spotlights End Medical Debt
PBS NewsHour on Thursday, December 12, ran an in-depth story on RIP Medical Debt, announcing the charity had passed the milestone of forgiving $1 billion in unpayable healthcare bills. The NewsHour report ended with the book, END MEDICAL DEBT, written by the charity's founders, edited by Judah Freed and published…
News about End Medical Debt
PRESS COVERAGE OF THE BOOK Top Coverage: PNS NewsHour: This nonprofit is buying Americans' medical debt, so they don't have to pay it Associated Press Secret Santas: Charity Buys and Erases Past-Due Medical Debt More coverage: Electronic Urban Report: End Medical Debt: Curing America’s $1 Trillion Unpayable Healthcare Debt.…
Happy Birthday, RIP Medical Debt
An overview history by Jerry Ashton. RIP Medical Debt is celebrating a milestone. Our debt-forgiving charity became five years old on July 25, 2019. To those of us who tilled the soil early on, it feels like 50 years, and every single one of them worth it. The highs are coming…
6 Pro Tips to Quickly Get Out of Medical Debt
by Benjamin Smith. Raise your prednisone hand if you enjoy receiving medical bills! I would assume that I am safe to say that the vast majority of people do not enjoy these. Truth is, these bills can cause an onslaught of emotions such as: fear, anxiety, stress, frustration, anger, and many…
John Oliver’s Debt Buyers Video
How did 20 minutes change the world? When Last Week Tonight with John Oliver produced a satiric report about abuses in the debt buying industry in 2016, they wanted to show how easily anyone can buy debt and collect it. The show bought $60,000 worth of overdue medical debt worth…