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Trinity Church Erases $2.2M Medical Debt for 1,631 Residents

6/28/2026

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Trinity Moravian Church retired $2.2 million in medical debt for 1,631 Winston-Salem residents.
Rev. John Jackman led the eighth Debt Jubilee campaign that raised more than $17,000 to purchase the debt.
At the ceremony the congregation burned a list of the 1,631 names while scouts released confetti.
A 2025 Undue Medical Debt survey found about 75 % of Republicans and 90 % of Democrats oppose wage garnishment for medical debt.

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Trinity Moravian Church retired $2.2 million in medical debt for 1,631 Winston-Salem residents.
Rev. John Jackman led the eighth Debt Jubilee campaign that raised more than $17,000 to purchase the debt.
At the ceremony the congregation burned a list of the 1,631 names while scouts released confetti.
A 2025 Undue Medical Debt survey found about 75 % of Republicans and 90 % of Democrats oppose wage garnishment for medical debt.