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2021 Declared as The Year of Rethinking!

Well, 2020 was quite a ride, wasn’t it? And not the funhouse variety, for sure.

6 min readJan 1, 2021

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Rest in Peace, RIP Medical Debt. Your name is retired — And Your Mission Continues

Jerry Ashton and Craig Antico (left to right)

4 min readApr 14, 2024

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Rest in Peace, RIP Medical Debt. Your name is retired — And Your Mission Continues

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An Early Peek at 2024 Investigative Reporting — “Do VA-Vendor Disputes get in the way of Veteran…

By Jerry Ashton, founder, End Veteran Debt & co-founder, RIP Medical Debt

4 min readJan 6, 2024

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An Early Peek at 2024 Investigative Reporting — “Do VA-Vendor Disputes get in the way of Veteran…

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Medical Debt Forgiveness Drives are Not Enough and Also Not Good. Says Who?

Remarkably, given the subject matter which debates the value of medical debt forgiveness, this article in Current Affairs by Dr. Luke…

3 min readOct 12, 2023

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Medical Debt Forgiveness Drives are Not Enough and Also Not Good. Says Who?

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Jerry Ashton

North Carolina Church Debt Jubilee Retires Millions in Medical Debt — Can Veterans Everywhere be…

Trinity Moravian Church burns forgiven medical bills

4 min readJun 3, 2023

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North Carolina Church Debt Jubilee Retires Millions in Medical Debt — Can Veterans Everywhere be…

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“I’ll Donate to That!” In Memorium, Larry Rivkin WWII Veteran and Friend

Larry donated his own safety and future to salvage lives by flying extremely dangerous covert missions over occupied France during WWII…

4 min readMay 28, 2023

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“I’ll Donate to That!” In Memorium, Larry Rivkin WWII Veteran and Friend

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It’s a Wonderful Life and Veteran Suicide — We Need More Clarence’s

It’s that terrible/joyful holiday period when we push aside our pains and disappointments to join with the joy of the season and imagine a…

5 min readDec 28, 2022

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It’s a Wonderful Life and Veteran Suicide — We Need More Clarence’s

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Coming Together — So That Our Veterans Don’t Fall Apart — the Veteran Mission Possible Campaign…

Pictured: Col (ret) US Army Mikel Burroughs, Jerry Ashton, Navy along with his RIP Medical Debt co-founder Craig Antico — NYC Veterans Day…

3 min readNov 11, 2022

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Coming Together — So That Our Veterans Don’t Fall Apart — the Veteran Mission Possible Campaign…

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Mission Possible — Veterans and Their Allies Join Forces to Reduce Veteran Suicide — The VA…

To the sorrow of — but applause from — fellow competitors in a $20 million VA campaign to search out viable solutions to reduce veteran…

2 min readSep 20, 2022

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Mission Possible — Veterans and Their Allies Join Forces to Reduce Veteran Suicide — The VA…

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Throwing the Dice for $20 million to Reduce Veteran Suicides — A Major VA Gamble

Throwing the Dice for $20 million to Reduce Veteran Suicides — A Major VA Gamble

4 min readAug 24, 2022

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Throwing the Dice for $20 million to Reduce Veteran Suicides — A Major VA Gamble

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Jerry Ashton

Jerry Ashton

Navy Journalist veteran, co-founder and founder of the charities RIP Medical Debt and End Veteran Debt — co-creator of Let's Rethink This and "Impact Awareness"

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