 Churches across the state are working to help pay off millions of dollars of medical debt for congregants. The nonprofit under medical debt works to relieve the financial burden caused by this debt. Reverend Kate Bird of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Smithfield tells NCN News this effort is life-changing. When we started talking about doing this, it was clear that a lot of people have been touched by the same difficulties, by the same plague of medical debt that can just undo your entire life.