Around 6,5000 low-income Florida residents from five counties — Volusia, Lake, Putnam, Marion and Flagler — will have their medical debts paid off in the coming weeks by the Stetson Baptist
A Florida church has raised enough money from its congregation to pay off $7.2 million worth of medical-debt for roughly 6,500 low-income central Floridians in need.reported on Wednesday that around 6,5000 low-income Florida residents from five counties — Volusia, Lake, Putnam, Marion and Flagler — will have their medical debts paid off in the coming weeks by the Stetson Baptist Church in DeLand.
Initially, the goal was to raise $48,000, which would be split between One More Child, a nonprofit provider of foster homes, and RIP Medical Debt, a nonprofit which uses donations to pay off medical debts to health-care providers and debt collectors."It was awesome," Glenn said."I can't wait for some of those families to receive a letter that says, 'Your debt has been forgiven.
"For the most part, hospitals don't have the infrastructure to pursue the debt they have on the books," Daniel Lempert, director of communications for RIP Medical Debt, told the newspaper."More and more they're outsourcing it. Sometimes it gets sold several times before it comes to us. We only buy debt for those who are the least likely to be able to pay."
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