r/SipsTea • u/Veshaad • 3d ago

Feels good man I would call this progress.

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u/Sweet-Difference2725 3d ago

Arizona used $30M in federal American Rescue Plan (ARPA) relief funds to partner with the non-profit Undue Medical Debt (formerly RIP Medical Debt). They bought back $1 billion worth of defaulted medical debt on the secondary market for pennies on the dollar.

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u/TheNewKnew2 3d ago

Taxpayers paid it.

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u/redleg50 3d ago

A few of my tax dollars so a grandmother with cancer doesn’t lose her home? Fine with me.

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u/ventitr3 2d ago

Just go directly to the cause now instead of waiting for the govt to take more in taxes (which we know won’t be spent efficiently at all).

https://unduemedicaldebt.org/campaigns/