PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – Since the nonprofit Dollar For was founded in 2012, it has eliminated a total of $100 million in medical bills for patients across the United States.
Dollar For started as a crowd-funded, grassroots organization in Portland. Now, it has turned into a successful nonprofit, led by founder Jared Walker.
“I realized in America, a lot of times when you have a medical crisis, you have a financial crisis,” Walker said.
Dollar For helps patients find out if they qualify for financial assistance and then helps them fill out and submit the necessary paperwork for the hospital.
As it reads on Dollar For’s website: “We help individual patients navigate and access hospital financial assistance programs that forgive or…