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  • Occupy Wall Street activists buy $15 million of medical debt

    The Guardian reports on Occupy Wall Street activists buying $15 million of Americans’ personal medical debt. Rolling Jubilee, set up by Occupy’s Strike Debt group following the street protests that swept the world in 2011, launched on 15 November 2012. The group purchases personal debt cheaply from banks before “abolishing” it, freeing individuals from their bills. By…