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How to Buy Forgiveness from Medical Debt

The New Yorker Radio Hour

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The Cost of Medical Debt Abatement

"We want people to sort of break this intense feeling that they did something wrong and to point to the system through storytelling," she says. "It's very odd, this idea that these debts are trading so cheaply ... It is astonishing when you look at how much money you can raise."

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