These church members disagree on politics. Together they’re wiping out medical debt
Noam N. Levey
KFF Health News
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Some issues, like immigration or student loans, are too divisive to unite Trinity Moravian Church.
The Rev. John Jackman, who leads Trinity Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., burns a list of names of people in surrounding Forsyth County whose debt was bought and retired by the church.
Children from a local Scouting group help the Rev. John Jackman celebrate at Trinity Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., as the church marked the end of its latest Debt Jubilee Project campaign to buy up and retire medical debt.
“I see people going into debt every minute of every day,” says Catherine Coe, a member of Trinity Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, N.C. Coe works in the accounting department of a large health system.
Terri Mabe, a longtime member of Trinity Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., used to work in the construction industry and has seen the effects of medical debt up close. “You get sick. Next thing you know, you owe $5,000, $10,000,” she says.
The Rev. John Jackman, who leads Trinity Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., says the church’s medical debt campaign has brought together people across the political spectrum. “This is the easiest money I’ve ever raised,” he says.
She has complications from long COVID and is in heart failure. He has cancer, and they can only afford to treat one. In the richest country in…
The Rev. John Jackman, who leads Trinity Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., burns a list of names of people in surrounding Forsyth County whose debt was bought and retired by the church.
Children from a local Scouting group help the Rev. John Jackman celebrate at Trinity Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., as the church marked the end of its latest Debt Jubilee Project campaign to buy up and retire medical debt.
“I see people going into debt every minute of every day,” says Catherine Coe, a member of Trinity Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, N.C. Coe works in the accounting department of a large health system.
Terri Mabe, a longtime member of Trinity Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., used to work in the construction industry and has seen the effects of medical debt up close. “You get sick. Next thing you know, you owe $5,000, $10,000,” she says.
The Rev. John Jackman, who leads Trinity Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., says the church’s medical debt campaign has brought together people across the political spectrum. “This is the easiest money I’ve ever raised,” he says.
