After her death she paid off over 20 million in

After her death, she paid off over $20 million in other people’s medical debts

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A New York woman who died of ovarian cancer managed to posthumously raise enough money to pay off millions of dollars in medical debt for other Americans.

In a message posted on social media, Casey McIntyre’s husband announced his partner’s death and what she had achieved.

“Note to friends: If you are reading this, I have passed away. I’m so sorry, it’s bullshit and we all know it. The cause was stage four ovarian cancer,” was published on X on November 14.

“To celebrate my life, I arranged to buy up and destroy other people’s medical debts. “I am very fortunate to have had access to the best medical care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer, and I am keenly aware that so many people in our country do not have access to good care,” he said.

In order to achieve success, the 38-year-old started a fundraising campaign on the platform of the non-profit organization RIP Medical Debt. As of Tuesday, almost $573,500 had already been raised.

RIP Medical Debt uses data analytics to find U.S. households whose income is below four times the poverty level or whose medical debt is 5% or more of their annual income.

The organization buys debt in packages, which makes it possible to “reduce the value of medical debt by approximately 100 times,” according to its website.

“Generally speaking, one donation eliminates $100 of medical debt,” Daniel Lempert, vice president of communications at RIP Medical Debt, told The New York Times.

According to him, Casey McIntyre’s campaign is the first to be organized posthumously.

“As far as fundraising goes, I don’t know if we’ve ever seen anything raise as much money as quickly as Casey’s campaign,” he said.

RIP Medical Debt has already paid off $10.4 billion in medical debt for more than 7 million Americans.