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Through a first-of-its-kind program, North Carolina eliminated $6.5 billion in medical debt for 2.5 million residents
Last year, North Carolina’s state government announced a first-of-its-kind medical debt relief program. Now, the state says it’s eliminated $6.5 billion in debt for over 2.5 million people, nearly one-quarter of its residents.
With an average of $2,600 in debt erased, the impact will be “life-changing” for families.
In the announcement, Governor Josh Stein said, “No one chooses to have a heart attack or get diagnosed with a chronic condition — you just have to deal with it. Today’s announcement will free people from the financial stress so that they can focus on getting healthy.”
Why is this good news? According to Undue Medical Debt (previously RIP Medical Debt), over 100 million people in the U.S. struggle under the weight of medical debt, together owing at least $220 billion in past-due medical expenses. Nobody should crushed by medical debt for an unexpected health event, and North Carolina is seeing that millions of its residents aren’t.
New England’s last coal-fired power plant shut down three years ahead of schedule.Merrimack Station in New Hampshire had only been operating for a few weeks a year, so it no longer made economic sense to keep it open. Now, the owner wants to turn the site into a clean energy complex, including solar panels and battery storage systems.
A retired “Tech Fairy” refurbishes old laptops and gives them away for free to people who need them
Craig Clark is from Sarasota, Florida, but he’s also known as the “Tech Fairy.” After retiring from managing a chain of convenience stores, Craig Clark became a computer technician.
His “business” model is a bit unconventional, though: People donate their old computers to Clark, and he fixes them up to pass it along to someone new — completely free.
He’s helped hundreds of people — convenience store workers, fast food workers, college students, servers — who cannot afford a laptop on their own.
I love today’s helpers story. Craig saw a need and did something about it!
We’re actually in the process of collecting stories like that for our annual Helpers Edition of the Goodnewspaper (coming soon!) — stories of “everyday helpers” making a difference!
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