{"id":14751,"date":"2019-12-16T09:32:27","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T14:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14751"},"modified":"2019-12-16T09:32:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T14:32:27","slug":"how-2-former-debt-collectors-helped-erase-1b-in-medical-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14751","title":{"rendered":"How 2 former debt collectors helped erase $1B in medical bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Ayla Ellison for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Craig Antico and Jerry Ashton had decades of experience as medical debt collectors when they founded RIP Medical Debt in 2014. Since then, the nonprofit organization has helped eliminate medical debt for more than 500,000 people across the U.S.\u00a0 Continue reading article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/finance\/how-2-former-debt-collectors-helped-erase-1b-in-medical-bills.html\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_m_22904159senior-overwhelmed-by-medical-costs-700x599.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8462\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_m_22904159senior-overwhelmed-by-medical-costs-700x599-300x257.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_m_22904159senior-overwhelmed-by-medical-costs-700x599-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_m_22904159senior-overwhelmed-by-medical-costs-700x599.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Ayla Ellison for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) Craig Antico and Jerry Ashton had decades of experience as medical debt collectors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14752,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14751\/revisions\/14752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}