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KOKI Launches $1.3 Million Medical Debt Forgiveness Campaign


Topic: Health Awareness Campaigns
Posted on 12/1/2018

Cox Media Group’s Fox affiliate KOKI-TV Tulsa partnered with RIP Medical Debt to eliminate $1.3 million worth of debt, thanks to a donation from Cox. Families received letters regarding debt elimination on November 23 and were invited to share their stories on KOKI’s “Medical Debt Forgiven” series. KOKI launched another round of the campaign on November 28 to encourage viewers to donate to RIP Medical Debt. "We’ve already made a million-dollar impact on Green Country medical debt, but this is just the beginning of the story,” said News Director Tina Commodore.



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