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RIP Medical Debt helps forgive $1.6 million owed by Philadelphians

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Two regular residents got their friends to raise more than $17,000 to buy medical debt worth $1.6 million. Instead of cashing in on the debt, they forgave it, helping more than 1,700 Philadelphians.

A group raised more than $15,000 to buy medical debt worth $1.6 million. Read more Charles Fox / Staff Photographer by Ximena Conde Published Aug. 28, 2023, 2:54 p.m. ET The more than 30 proud, self-described gutter-pagan, mostly queer dirtbags in their early 30s gathered ‘round Friday night bearing shots of Svedka and Roman candles and sparklers, as the glow of Camden kissed their faces from across the river. The thing that drew them to what’s affectionately known as Chicken Pier was about to be burned to bits. There was just one hiccup. The giant “medical billing statement” was not respondin

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