Stacey Abrams' organization does it again, this time raising $1.34 million to clear medical debts
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Stacey Abrams has given us so many reasons to love her, she could really stop now, but thankfully she hasn’t. Now the voting rights organization Fair Fight, which was launched by Abrams, has announced a $1.34 million donation from its political actionStacey Abrams' organization does it again, this time raising $1.34 million to clear medical debts
Stacey Abrams has given us so many reasons to love her, she could really stop now, but thankfully she hasn’t. Now the voting rights organization Fair Fight, which was launched by Abrams, has announced a $1.34 million donation from its political action committee to extinguish the medical debt owed by 108,000 people in Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi, ABC News reported. Georgia is one of a dozen states that refused financial incentives President Joe Biden's administration offered to expand Medicaid for low-income residents, leaving some 500,000 Georgians denied coverage. “The people of Georgia are struggling to get access to basic health care during a pandemic and instead of helping by expanding Medicaid, Brian Kemp is playing politics,” Fair Fight CEO Lauren Groh-Wargo said of the governor. “While the pandemic rages across the state, hospitals have closed and a half million people have had to get by without health insurance they otherwise could have.” Read more