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TexasTowelie

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Thu Oct 28, 2021, 05:00 AM Oct 2021

Stacey Abrams group donates $1.34M to wipe out medical debts

ATLANTA (AP) — The political organization led by prominent Democrat Stacey Abrams is branching out into paying off medical debts.

The Fair Fight Political Action Committee on Wednesday told The Associated Press it has donated $1.34 million from its political action committee to the nonprofit organization RIP Medical Debt to wipe out debt with a face value of $212 million that is owed by 108,000 people in Georgia, Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

Lauren Groh-Wargo CEO of allied group Fair Fight Action and senior adviser to the PAC said paying off medical debt is another facet of the group’s advocacy seeking expansion of Medicaid coverage in the 12 states that have refused to expand the health insurance to all poorer adults.

“What is so important about this is the tie between Medicaid expansion and just crushing medical debt,” Groh-Wargo said.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/health-alabama-georgia-philanthropy-stacey-abrams-3395744e46ed8da6eea80f4164284435

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Stacey Abrams group donates $1.34M to wipe out medical debts (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2021 OP
Tremendous! hlthe2b Oct 2021 #1
I donate to Stacey's PAC because I trust her mountain grammy Oct 2021 #2
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