🚨🗣 Most medical debt in the U.S. can be forgiven immediately.

The health care industry doesn’t want you to know this, but the process is straightforward and we explain exactly how you can do it today.

Please RT/share to spread the word.
.@DollarFor_ has helped cancel up to $5 million of medical debt for people across the country by advocating for patients and enforcing hospitals’ charity care policies. Here’s how they do it ⤵️
Most hospitals are non-profits. That means that they are mandated to prove community benefit and provide financial assistance and charity care policies.

If you make under ~400% of the federally poverty line, they legally have to forgive your medical bills.
To apply or see if you qualify, just google the hospital name and “financial assistance policy.”

Complete the application, provide a statement of income, and send it off to the hospital.

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