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georgeecollins
on Jan 28, 2021
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Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Bl...
Good grief, can you imagine trying to sleep at night with a portfolio of unsecured medical debt? "Pay me for your cancer treatment!"
sandworm101
on Jan 28, 2021
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If you want to feel good, buy it for pennies and then forgive it. 100$ to you can be several thousand to someone owing the debt.
hanklazard
on Jan 29, 2021
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You can do exactly this through:
https://ripmedicaldebt.org
birktj
on Jan 29, 2021
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Could you in theory buy your own debt?
wyldfire
on Jan 29, 2021
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Yes. Or just negotiate it with the current holder, knowing what it goes for on the market.
bozhark
on Jan 29, 2021
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This would be a good NFP strategy until US gets universal healthcare
@hanklazard best me to it
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