PASSING OF THE ANGEL OF DEBT RELIEF
Over one million dollars distributed for medical
relief
Days before Casey McIntyre died of ovarian cancer, the 38-year-old mother of one asked her husband to prepare the “debt jubilee” before he
penned her obituary.
“If you’re reading this I have passed away. I’m so sorry,” reads the announcement that McIntyre’s husband, Andrew Rose Gregory, posted to her social media account on Tuesday, “to celebrate my life, I’ve arranged
to buy up others’ medical debt and then destroy the debt.”
McIntyre, who served as publisher at Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House, was diagnosed in 2019 and proceeded through treatment without taking on debt,
but many fellow cancer patients she met were in more precarious financial positions, Gregory added.
“We were both so keenly aware that Casey had great health insurance through Penguin Random House,” said Gregory, 41. “Casey had
no medical debt.”
Other cancer patients faced difficult decisions.
Should they pay their mortgage that month or make another payment toward their medical bills? Did they want to extend their life for a couple more years or die soon so they could leave their savings to the next generation?
“People are making miserable decisions about their care because of money,” Gregory said. “This imaginary debt is dragging so many people down. It’s an immoral part of our nation...read more
CASEY'S CAMPAIGN ON RIPMEDICALDEBT.ORG
