Post by ck4829 on Jun 23, 2017 20:09:37 GMT
One-thousand-eight-hundred families in Minnesota have had their mounting medical bills paid off thanks to local nurses.
Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association worked with a New York-based nonprofit to acquire and erase the debt.
Nurses say they felt they needed to pay back their patients’ kindness.
One year ago today, Allina nurses represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association went on strike.
Nurses say the support from the community was overwhelming, that’s why the union decided to do something to help the people who helped them.
They knew the best way to help was by wiping out medical debt.
“Sixty-two percent of all bankruptcies in this country are due to medical debt and I believe it’s more than 80 percent of all of those folks had health insurance,” said Rose Roach, Minnesota Nurses Association Executive Director.
MNA worked with RIP medical debt to clear the accounts of more than 1,800 people.
minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/06/19/nurses-pay-medical-debt/
Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association worked with a New York-based nonprofit to acquire and erase the debt.
Nurses say they felt they needed to pay back their patients’ kindness.
One year ago today, Allina nurses represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association went on strike.
Nurses say the support from the community was overwhelming, that’s why the union decided to do something to help the people who helped them.
They knew the best way to help was by wiping out medical debt.
“Sixty-two percent of all bankruptcies in this country are due to medical debt and I believe it’s more than 80 percent of all of those folks had health insurance,” said Rose Roach, Minnesota Nurses Association Executive Director.
MNA worked with RIP medical debt to clear the accounts of more than 1,800 people.
minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/06/19/nurses-pay-medical-debt/