Strike Debt Declares Healthcare Emergency: It's a Matter of 'Life or Debt'

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Strike Debt Declares Healthcare Emergency: It's a Matter of 'Life or Debt' via @allisonkilkenny #StrikeDebt... http://fb.me/1a9vGGWAd

http://www.thenation.com/blog/173215/strike-debt-declares-healthcare-emergency-its-matter-life-or-debt#

Budget cuts significantly hurt the hospital after the health department anticipated receiving up to $16.2 million for mental health care costs, but the money now seems unlikely to be delivered.

Strike Debt has already bought and abolished a large amount of medical debt that the group says will "provide real relief to thousands of people who need it," though "it is only crumbs in light of the 70 million who still owe money on medical bills."

To date, the anti-debt movement has raised over $564,000, which Strike Debt says has been used to abolish $11,293,338 of debt—primarily relief for individuals crushed by medical bills.

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