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Maine Nonprofit Cancels $1.9 Million in Medical Debt for 1,500 People

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Mainers for Working Families and Undue Medical Debt teamed up to buy debts worth up to $1.8 million for pennies on the dollar.

The method, now becoming something of a mainstream charity movement, was explained in an earlier GNN story.

The action was taken on behalf of 1,508 people who had taken on medical debt worth 5% or more of their annual income.