In October, Greater Cleveland Congregations (GCC) announced that they were tackling medical debt as an action issue as part of their Color of Health Campaign to Cancel Medical Debt for disadvantaged individuals in Cuyahoga County. RIP Medical Debt has been engaged to relieve unpaid medical debt, and they have negotiated a deal to retire $6 million in debt for $40 thousand. RIP Medical Debt uses your donations to purchase bundled medical debt portfolios on the secondary debt market and then forgives that debt at pennies on the dollar. When debt relief recipients open the yellow envelope from RIP, they are told that their debt has been bought by a third party and erased with no strings attached. They owe nothing on the debt and face no tax penalty.

The RIP Medical Debt website rolled out on Monday October 2, 2023, and it was the beneficiary of UUCC’s collection plate on December 3. Because of all of you, UUCC donated $1,666 to RIP Medical Debt to help erase medical bills for families in need! To date, GCC has raised 80% of its $40,000 goal with a total of $32,335.20. Bravo!

To learn more, to see UUCC’s contribution, or to donate personally, please visit: https://ripmedicaldebt.org/campaign/gcc-color-of-health-campaign/.

Thank you for rising to the challenge and for your support!