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'Like a miracle': N.C. couple free of nearly $100,000 medical debt after 15 years

The lien on Donna and Gary Lindabury's home for a 2009 heart surgery debt was among 11,500 Atrium Health wiped away after an NBC News report.

https://subium.com/profile/nbcnews.com/post/3ld5jmi762c2f

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[โ€“] [email protected] 33 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

This shit is so indefensibly evil.

Luigi did nothing wrong

[โ€“] [email protected] 31 points 4 weeks ago

"We stopped tormenting these people after just 15 years of tormenting them!" how compelling how-compelling-flipped

[โ€“] [email protected] 30 points 4 weeks ago

A lien on their home for fucking HEART SURGERY DEBT FROM 15 YEARS AGO?!?! frog-no-pretext

[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 4 weeks ago

this doesn't exempt them from the list.. they're still on the list

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Nice.

How many health insurance CEO skulls do we need to trade in for universal healthcare?

gui-better

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, if we assume the relationship to be linear, then to get healthcare for everyone over in the usa, you need approximately 29000 CEO skulls. Shouldn't take too long to farm those up!

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago

I'd watch that charity stream

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Once you're on the list, there's no getting off it

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 4 weeks ago

Well...

I got a cousin, name's Luigi. He'll get you off that fuckin' list.

Just last week, some shit hot hot shot comes in. He's moaning on and on "Oh they call my wife, they threaten me, please can you help?" I says, Marone! Will you shut your fuckin' yapper?

I told Luigi to handle it. Guy ain't on the list no more, capiche?

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 4 weeks ago

Fucking finally americans might do something usefull with all those guns

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 4 weeks ago

Direct action gets the goods

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 4 weeks ago

Not even a real debt lottery, just the implication that their might be one of you're all really good boys and girls. Capitalists are so fucking bad at appeasing the bloodthirsty masses lmao

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

The real story here is that North Carolina implemented Obama's 2010 Medicaid expansion in December 2023. Which means that North Carolina declined to take free federal money and let people die from lack of coverage for almost 14 fucking years. As part of the implementation, the government is paying off the medical debts of low income people accrued from 2014 to 2023.

Then in September, this company decides to "forgive" 11500 debts right after the government started paying off old debts. That seems suspicious. Why would this company turn down government money from old debts? Seems like the company was trying to scam poor people and realized that the government wouldn't pay the phony bills, so then the debt magically disappears.

Why is it in the news again after the CEO shooting when it happened in September? Because it gets clicks. It's coworker talk. "Hey Bob, ye heard the medical companies are forgiving debts after they got shots? haha"

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

i fucking hate this country and all the people in it

Death to America