Undue Medical Debt, formerly RIP Medical Debt,[1] is a Long Island City–based 501(c)(3) charity[2] focused on the elimination of personal medical debt.[3] Founded in 2014 by former debt collection executives Jerry Ashton and Craig Antico,[4] the charity purchases portfolios of income-qualifying medical debt from debt collectors and healthcare providers, and then relieves the debt.[5] The charity converts every dollar contributed into an average of $100 of purchased medical debt relief. The founders were inspired by medical debt elimination efforts by Occupy Wall Street.[6] As of September 2024, the charity claims to have relieved debts for over 8,570,000 people, totaling over $13.32 billion.[7]