Casey McIntyre was only 38 when she lost her life due to stage four ovarian cancer in November 2023. But even as she faced her final days in this world, the New York City book publisher was thinking about the people who were struggling with medical bills that they just could not afford. Her last wish was to turn the grief of her own death into financial relief for thousands of families.
More than a year after her death, that wish did actually help to erase nearly $119 million in medical debt for people across the United States, according to Undue Medical Debt, the non-profit organisation behind the campaign.
McIntyre and her husband, Andrew Rose Gregory, launched a fundraiser in her name to help people burdened by unpaid healthcare bills….