CHICAGO, Illinois -- More than $5 million in medical debt has been wiped out for nearly 6,000 families in Chicago.
New York-based nonprofit RIP Medical Debt Relief worked with local churches to forgive the debt.
One of the churches that pitched in was Trinity United Church of Christ. They raised $38,000 to buy all that debt at pennies on the dollar.
The medical debt of each of the 5,888 families averaged just over $900.
Church leaders announced the gift during a press conference on Sunday.