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Okay, listen to me. Pay attention. If you're looking to do good in your town, do what the Atlanta Hawks' Trae young did and buy and cancel more than $1 million of medical debt. You say you don't have a million dollars? YOU DON'T NEED IT. There's a company called RIP Medical Debt that can walk you through it, but, simply, hospitals put people into collection at the drop of a hat. People get sick and the bills are just too much. The hospitals sell the debt cheap to collection agencies, but YOU can buy the debt cheap -- pennies on the dollar -- and just not collect, letting the debtors know they're free. You need more? The indispensable "An Arm and A Leg" health care podcast told the story of how the Denny Buehler Memorial Foundation softball tournament in Cincinnati dedicated itself to clearing medical debt, with inspiration from John Oliver doing the same. Listen here. Watch the John Oliver segment here. Check out RIP Medical Debt here. And then maybe your show and station can be heroes. (WSB-TV/Atlanta)
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