""This really was about all of us coming together and (doing) some good out in our community to live out our lives of faith in a different way than we had before,""
""There have been cuts made at the federal level to coverage, specifically Medicaid, with the budget bill that was passed over the summer, which is something that we're concerned about,""
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Saratoga raised enough money to erase $2.32 million in medical debt across the Bay Area. The Rev. Joel Martinez partnered with nonprofit Undue Medical Debt to organize an eight-week fundraiser. Undue Medical Debt, founded by two former debt collectors, buys portfolios of medical debt and pays them off using funds raised through local campaigns. The nonprofit previously partnered with John Oliver to erase $15 million of medical debt in 2016. About 100 million Americans owe roughly $220 billion in medical debt; nearly four in ten Californians report some medical debt. Medical debt disproportionately affects Black and Hispanic people and is linked to lack of insurance. Undue Medical Debt expressed concern about recent federal cuts to Medicaid coverage.
Read at The Mercury News
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