News@lemmy.world • 5 months ago

‘Like a miracle’: N.C. couple free of nearly $100,000 medical debt after 15 years

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‘Like a miracle’: N.C. couple free of nearly $100,000 medical debt after 15 years

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News@lemmy.world • 5 months ago

The lien on Donna and Gary Lindabury's home for a 2009 heart surgery debt was among 11,500 Atrium Health wiped away after an NBC News report.

Less than a week after NBC news reported the aggressive way the company went after collecting debts, placing liens on their homes. How strange they suddenly reversed this?

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