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RIP Medical Debt helps forgive $1.6 million owed by Philadelphians

A group raised more than $15,000 to buy medical debt worth $1.6 million.

The more than 30 proud, self-described gutter-pagan, mostly queer dirtbags in their early 30s gathered ‘round Friday night bearing shots of Svedka and Roman candles and sparklers, as the glow of Camden kissed their faces from across the river. The thing that drew them to what’s affectionately known as Chicken Pier was about to be burned to bits. There was …

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