In death, one cancer patient helps to erase millions in medical debt

By TOM MURPHY
AP Health Writer

A New York woman who died Sunday from cancer has raised enough money to erase million of dollars in medical debt with a posthumous plea for help. Casey McIntyre told followers in a social media message posted by her husband that she had arranged to buy the medical debt of others and destroy it as a way of celebrating her life. Her post included a link to a fundraising campaign started through the nonprofit RIP Medical Debt. McIntyre’s husband, Andrew Rose Gregory, posted his wife’s message on Tuesday. The campaign had raised nearly $140,000 by Friday morning.