The Rev. Otis Moss III, center, is surrounded by other Chicago church leaders and denomination officials with the United Church of Christ to announce on Oct. 20 that the group paid off $5.3 million in medical debt for poor people in Illinois.
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Chicago churches join growing movement of congregations paying off medical debt
This Thanksgiving, 5,888 families in Cook County, Ill., will receive a card with the names of several congregations belonging to different Protestant Christian denominations throughout the city of Chicago and these words: “Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. We want you to know that all your debts have been forgiven.”
