Connecticut Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont announced on Friday that the state will first cancel roughly $1 billion in medical bills by using $6.5 million in Covid-19 funds from the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act.
Connecticut Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont announced on Friday that the state will first cancel roughly $1 billion in medical bills by using $6.5 million in Covid-19 funds from the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act.
In an emotional video, the megachurch pastor recently announced that they have paid off a $100 million loan, taken out nearly 20 years ago for building improvements and repairs.
The congregation raised $15,047 as part of its Debt Jubilee Project and then worked with RIP Medical Debt, a nonprofit organization that helps cancel medical debt.
Some 10,000 families are facing unpaid bills totaling over $50 million after a health care ministry they were a part of said they were shutting down.
The United Church of Christ has now paid off more than $100 million in medical debt for people across the United States.
More Americans are falling deeper into debt as median incomes have dropped amid the rising costs of housing, food, gas, transportation and medical care.
On Wednesday, Congress voted to raise the national debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion to avoid default and a potential global economic crisis.
A New Mexico church has paid off the medical debt of 782 families across New Mexico and Arizona.
According to the New York Federal Reserve Consumer Credit Panel Borrowers, Americans owe a total of $1.5 trillion in federal student loan debt. God has so kindly written His word to confront this crippling debt. Nearly 25 percent of Jesus’ words in the New Testament deal with financial stewardship.
An Ohio church was able to help pay off more than $45 million in medical debt.